Universal Pictures has announced digital release date for its latest action comedy, starring Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. This comes after less than a month since the film had made its theatrical debut. Despite receiving positive reviews, it wasn’t able to meet box office expectations, with a current worldwide gross of over $127 million at the box office against a reported budget of around $120-150 million.
The Fall Guy was its stunt team’s explosive dream come true
30.04.2024 - 17:31 / polygon.com / Brad Pitt / David Leitch
Simultaneously a stunt-filled action comedy and a return to big-budget romantic comedies, led by two irrepressibly charming actors (Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt), this week’s The Fall Guyis the kind of date-movie summer blockbuster that felt a lot more common just a decade or two ago. The movie follows a stunt man (Gosling) who’s coaxed out of retirement to work on the directorial debut of his ex-girlfriend (Blunt), then gets pulled into a conspiracy that threatens to shut the movie down.
A big part of the movie’s success comes from the authenticity of the team behind it, and their passion for the subject matter. Directed by former Brad Pitt stunt double David Leitch, and co-produced by John Wick production company 87North Productions, the movie is an unabashed love letter to the art of stunt work and the difficult, often thankless job stunt performers have in Hollywood — as the movie points out, there is still no Oscar for stunt work. The Fall Guy works the craft of stunts into its narrative, its visual approach (longer takes and bigger falls), and its set-pieces (including a fight that directly involves stunt equipment), all with great effect.
Leitch’s background instilled trust and confidence in the stunt crew, as members of the team shared with Polygon. Having someone in charge who knows the ins and outs of the trade turned The Fall Guy’s production into a unique environment for the stunt team, especially while shooting.
“I’ve never been in a situation where I can go up to the director and ask him for some advice on how to get hit by a car,” says Ben Jenkin, one of two stunt doubles for Ryan Gosling in the movie. “He gave me some good advice. It’s so nice to work with a director who knows action. It’s so seamless, and it’s easy. The direction we get is very specific, but it’s everything that we need to know.”
Often, directors with hands-on action experience will eschew bringing in a second unit director to shoot action sequences, preferring to handle it themselves. But Leitch trusted his old friend Chris O’Hara with his vision of the movie, and gave him responsibility over a second unit. Those responsibilities grew over the course of the project — O’Hara estimated the second unit started out with five to eight days scheduled for their shoot, and eventually wound up shooting for 28 or 29 days. He described the experience of being able to make a movie about stunts with one of the people he came up in the industry with as “pretty magical.”
“Working with one of your best friends, that’s the way I hope to finish my career,” he says. “He’s been in the trenches of my position, so he understands the things I’m asking. Some directors, you know, they have a vision, This is what I want! I don’t care! But
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