James Gunn
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Yesterday a stunt person, S.J. Harris, lost her life on the set of the Deadpool sequel. My heart goes out to her friends and family and the crew whose lives she influenced. Making films - especially doing stunt work - can be dangerous, and every day I'm on set I live with the fear of losing someone through an accident. I do everything I can to make my sets as safe as possible, but I've still had crew members who have almost died on set.
This loss reminds me how I believe the work of stunt people in our industry should be more routinely honored. Few things irk me more than when I hear an actor claim he does all of his own stunts, as it's almost always a lie. I don't know a single American actor/action star about whom this is true - and there are a few, including one very prominent star, who, although they may do much more stunt work than the average actor, they're lying through their teeth when they say they do all of it. Screw them and everyone else who tries to take the credit from our stunt people who work their asses off and put their lives on the line every day to help create magic onscreen.
