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The Fall Guy Wasn’t Always a Love Story
Making one of the year’s most romantic movies was a death-defying stunt in itself.
To Pearce, that felt closer to the mood of the TV series, a “kind of shaggy, ’70s-into-’80s, bruised-masculine vibe.” But how do you make a movie that can support such a charmingly old-fashioned idea while also working as a satisfying, modern, big-budget Hollywood action fantasy? Stephanie Hsu, who plays Alma Milan, Tom Ryder’s personal assistant (and someone who winds up accompanying Colt on one of his most spectacular chases in the film), recalls that one of the first things Leitch asked all the actors was whether they were okay with improvisation. He becomes more active, and the stunts become more grandiose: He willingly drives boats into fiery wrecks, does massive car jumps, leaps off trucks and onto helicopters, and achieves one of the most brazen high-falls in movie history, flicking the film’s villains (and the camera) off as he does so.
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