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“Leitch called on one of his closest friends, stunt coordinator Chris O’Hara, head of Stunts Unlimited. O’Hara and Leitch came up with a huge and varied list of stunts they wanted to accomplish. “What we did on Fall Guy really was practical, and you can feel the consequences. One of the greatest compliments we got was when the visual-effects supervisor said, ‘I don’t know why I’m here!’ A lot of the things he thought he was going to have to do he didn’t have to do,” says O’Hara.”
“Holladay came away from the movie impressed with Gosling’s dedication and his down-to-earth support for his stunt team. “Ryan is so cool,” Holladay says. “I spent a month teaching him how to drift a car and slide around and hit marks while sliding the car.” He remembers Gosling came out to watch him do his cannon roll, even though the actor wasn’t working that day. Interestingly, Holladay has a small role in the film — as the guy who straps Colt into the car before the cannon roll and then pulls him out afterward. The irony was not lost on Gosling. “He just looked at me and said, ‘Man, this is so messed up,’” Holladay recalls, laughing. “‘You’re actually the guy who does this, and I’m the guy who’s acting to do it.’”
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