Stunt Work

Since the dawn of cinema, the unsung hero of Hollywood action films has been the stunt person. Men and women who rarely get face time or name recognition, but still cause audiences to Ooh and Aah in amazement at the physical feats that make it onto the screen. Gary Kent, the subject of director Joe O’Connell’s new documentary, Danger God is a man with a story to tell in words and injuries that will fascinate movie fans who love to know the whole story. I’ve long held stunt performers in high esteem, especially those who have crossed over into the world of acting. People like Dick Durock who most famously played Swamp Thing in the films and TV show to Zoe Bell who found herself going from doubling Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess to being cast as the lead in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. Most recently I sang the praises of current stuntwoman, Tara Macken for her starring role in the awesome indie action flick, Intensive Care. In my