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Fall Guy Director David Leitch on Why Stunt Performers Make Good Filmmakers

Fall Guy director David Leitch on his new Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action movie — and why stunt professionals make good filmmakers.

But when you dig deeper, you find that they’re also pioneers of stunt performance who made the jump to directing — not unlike David Leitch, the filmmaker behind The Fall Guy. Seavers is a stuntman who left the industry to focus on his health, but he’s lured back by the prospect of working with his ex, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), who is directing her first feature. When the movie’s star, Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), goes missing, Colt reluctantly agrees to track him down — hoping he might reunite with Jody in the process.

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