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‘The Fall Guy’ Writer Details How Hollywood’s Biggest Stunts Inspired the Movie: ‘We Are Unashamedly Playing the Hits’
'The Fall Guy' screenwriter Drew Pearce explains how classic Hollywood stunts inspired David Leitch's update on the hit '80s TV show.
On either side of his 2018 directorial debut, “Hotel Artemis,” he cooked up the story for “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” did uncredited passes on Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” and Gareth Edwards’ “Godzilla,” and tackled Leitch’s “Hobbs & Shaw” alongside the franchise’s longtime architect, writer Chris Morgan. Speaking to Variety ahead of the May 3 opening day of “The Fall Guy,” Pearce explained how he tossed the original series, ‘70s dramedies like “The Long Goodbye” and “California Split,” film history’s most famous stunts, Leitch and McCormick’s relationship (both personal and professional), and the star wattage of Gosling and Blunt into a blender to create a smart, sexy, thrilling crowd-pleaser. The reason I hope “The Fall Guy” team stays together forever is because it feels like there is such a mutual respect for what everybody does, and a sense that everybody is working at the top of their game, that it makes it very easy to be the component that I need to be to help the movie be as good as it can be.
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