{"id":102741,"date":"2024-06-06T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/oscars-are-considering-a-stunt-person-category-after-the-fall-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T21:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T21:48:01","slug":"oscars-are-considering-a-stunt-person-category-after-the-fall-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/oscars-are-considering-a-stunt-person-category-after-the-fall-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscars Are Considering a Stunt Person Category After The Fall Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3627466\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:148.42857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Ryan Gosling.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Phillip Faraone\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The heads of The Academy are listening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-gosling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong><\/a> and <em>The Fall Guy<\/em> team about adding an award for stunt people at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking to members of the stunt community who are Academy members about the possibility of that,\u201d <strong>Bill Kramer<\/strong>, Academy CEO, said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/the-academy-exploring-possibility-of-stunt-category-oscars-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Empire<\/em><\/a> published on Thursday, June 6. \u201cWe added a new award that will launch in two years for Casting Directors \u2026 so we\u2019re always open to those discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Academy President <strong>Janet Yang<\/strong> added that the committee is open to an idea that has wide support amongst the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academy is like a living, breathing organism,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe listen to our members, and if there\u2019s really strong support and there\u2019s whole mechanisms for how to advance the cause, and they\u2019re interested\u2026 That\u2019s what happened with Casting. We\u2019ve created new branches over the decades. So it does evolve, and it evolves with the changing industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stunt-doubles-2013511\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_9141.jpg?crop=0px%2C261px%2C1125px%2C636px&amp;resize=400%2C225\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Tom Holland and his stunt doubles\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_9141.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stunt-doubles-2013511\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Stars and Their Stunt Doubles<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThey leap. They tumble. They soar! From Daniel Craig&#8217;s crazy train-hopping scene in Skyfall to Chris Hemsworth&#8217;s superhero fight sequences as Thor, celebrities will call upon their stunt double professionals to bring high-quality action to their movies and more. Take a look at celebrities photographed with their doubles while prepping for various scenes in movies.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The Fall Guy<\/em> stars Gosling, 43, as Colt Seaver, a former stuntman who gets pulled back into the world after an actor (<strong>Aaron Taylor-Johnson<\/strong>) goes missing from a big studio movie, which is being directed by Colt\u2019s ex-girlfriend, played by <strong>Emily Blunt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:123.8%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3627468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"The Oscars Are Finally Considering a Stunt Person Category Thanks to Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy'\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-12.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Andrew H. Walker\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While on the red carpet for the premiere, Gosling shared that the film was \u201ca love letter to the stunt community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the hardest-working people in show business. They risk more than anyone. This movie is just a giant campaign to get stunts an Oscar,\u201d the actor said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/ryan-gosling-the-fall-guy-campaign-stunts-oscar-action-packed-premiere-1235887584\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> in April. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say, how do you say thank you to someone that got set on fire eight times for you, jumped from a helicopter, rolled a car eight times for you \u2014 this is just such an example of what they do for us, what they contribute to cinema, what they risk for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:158.4%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3627469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"The Oscars Are Finally Considering a Stunt Person Category Thanks to Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy'\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Oscars-Are-Finally-Considering-a-Stunt-Person-Category-Thanks-to-Ryan-Goslings-The-Fall-Guy-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">EPK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gosling\u2019s sentiments and respect toward the stunt community also rang true with <strong>Chris O\u2019Hara<\/strong>, who served as <em>The Fall Guy<\/em>\u2019s stunt designer. (O\u2019Hara is the first person to be credited with that specific role as it was recently approved by SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cRyan\u2019s very honest. Ryan\u2019s been honest in all his interviews. He\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ve had a stunt double since I was a kid.\u2019 And so this is one of those times that he\u2019s not going to sugarcoat it,\u201d O\u2019Hara exclusively told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-fall-guys-stunt-designer-praises-down-to-earth-ryan-gosling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> in May. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to say, \u2018I did all my own stunts because he wants to draw light to what we really do and we make. In the end, we really try and make the actors look as good as we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-who-have-done-their-own-stunts-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kumail-Nanjiani-Is-Uncomfortable-Talking-About-Marvel-Body-Transformation-001.jpg?crop=47px%2C22px%2C1143px%2C646px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kumail Nanjiani Is Uncomfortable Talking About Marvel Body Transformation\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kumail-Nanjiani-Is-Uncomfortable-Talking-About-Marvel-Body-Transformation-001.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-who-have-done-their-own-stunts-photos\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Stars Who Have Done Their Own Stunts<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaking risks for the best shot is in their nature! Tom Cruise, Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lawrence are among the stars who often perform their own stunts in their action-packed films. The\u00a0Top Gun\u00a0star is known for his dedication to stunt work, even when it leads to injury. Cruise broke his ankle while jumping from scaffolding [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>O\u2019Hara added that when people watch <em>The Fall Guy<\/em>, they\u2019ll see how accurately it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/stunt-designer-chris-ohara-on-how-the-fall-guy-accurately-represents-stunt-performers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">represents stunt performers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when people think of stunts, they see the big stunts that are in the movies. They don\u2019t understand how you\u2019ve gotten to that process,\u201d he explained, noting that he works \u201chand in hand with the writers, the director, other department heads and production designer\u201d to create what ends up on the big screen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/oscars-are-considering-a-stunt-person-category-after-the-fall-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Gosling. Phillip Faraone\/WireImage The heads of The Academy are listening to Ryan Gosling and The Fall Guy team about adding an award for stunt people at the Oscars. \u201cWe\u2019re talking to members of the stunt community who are Academy members about the possibility of that,\u201d Bill Kramer, Academy CEO, said in an interview with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}