A Best Stunts Oscar is long overdue
After a century of amazing stunt filmmaking, stunt actors remain unsung
“Instead of more canned segments with Jimmy Kimmel (no, we don’t care Trump tweeted about you or that Guillermo likes tequila), they could have given an award to the team behind John Wick 4, directed by former stuntman and stun coordinator Chad Stehelski. Other nominees for Best Stunts likely would have been Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Extraction 2, Fist of the Condor, Ballerina, and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning — Part 1.
As Gosling ended his narration: “From the depths of space to the battlefields of earth, and beyond, stunt performers and the action they design continue to create some of the most memorable moments in the history of cinema. And they’ve been doing it from the start.”
He’s not wrong. So give them an award for it.”
Out now in The Spectator: my piece on the most glaring omission at the Oscars, a stunts award. Read it now!