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Here’s the Real Reason Why There’s Still No Oscar for Best Stunts

It’s a lousy argument, not to mention an offensive one.

A song about how there’s still no Oscar for Best Stunts even plays over the end credits of The Fall Guy, which, of course, was directed by stunt-professional turned director David Leitch. Their argument could really be rephrased thusly: If stunts got an Oscar, these ignorant yokels will maim and kill themselves breathlessly racing each other for a fancy gold statue. Hannah Waddingham, who played the role of producer Gail Meyer in The Fall Guy, found in stunt professionals kindred artistic spirits, because the close-knit nature of their community reminded her of the theater groups where she got her start.

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