Stars who risk their lives to film their own stunts

Michelle Yeoh - The actress refused to work with stuntwomen in the film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' spending hours upon hours hanging from ropes. “For me, it was just totally unacceptable that someone else would do my stunts, it was supposed to be me, so why should anybody else do it,” she once said.

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Tony Jaa - Jaa is a Muay Thai practitioner, choreographer, director, and actor. At age 15, he was taken under the wing of a stunt director and got involved in movies. His fights are real and impressive, considering the acrobatic jumps and amazing blows!

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Joseph Morgan - The actor, who plays Klaus in 'Vampire Diaries,' likes heights and doesn't use stuntmen for the action scenes.

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Richard Gere - While filming 'The Double', Gere insisted on doing a sequence of action scenes that were meant to be performed by his stunt double and ended up dislocating his shoulder, according to The Telegraph.

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Denzel Washington - The actor did all the action scenes in 'Unstoppable.'

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Bruce Lee -

The late martial arts movie legend never used stuntmen to film his scenes.

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Tom Cruise - In 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,' the actor decided to film the dangerous scenes recorded on the top of a building in Dubai himself.

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Cameron Diaz - In 'Knight and Day,' the actress followed Tom Cruise's lead and said no to a stunt double, filming her own action scenes.

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Harrison Ford - Harrison Ford did many of his own action scenes (and even improvised some!) in the 'Indiana Jones' movies.

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Jackie Chan - The Chinese actor was a stuntman early in his career and has already collected some broken bones throughout his filmography. He does not use stunt doubles in his action scenes.

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Sylvester Stallone - Stallone refused to use a stunt double to film his action scenes in 'The Expendables'.

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Daniel Craig - The star told the Telegraph that he's not the type of actor who just takes off his shirt. He claims that if he has to be challenged physically, he'll do it to the best of his ability.

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Christian Bale - Although Christian Bale used a stunt double for the 'Batman' trilogy, he performed all the fighting scenes.

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Kristen Stewart - The actress performed her own action scenes in both the 'Twilight' saga and in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'.

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John Cena - Professional wrestler John Cena had no problem filming his dangerous scenes in 'The Marine' and '12 Rounds'.

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Viggo Mortensen - The actor did all the battle scenes in 'The Lord of the Rings' without resorting to a stunt double.

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Gina Carano - Before becoming an actress, Carano was an MMA fighter so the transition to doing action scenes was an easy one. In 'Haywire,' all punches and kicks come from the actress herself.

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Josh Hutcherson - The actor decided to film all his action scenes in the 'Hunger Games' movies without using stunt doubles.

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Hugh Jackman - The actor decided to do most of his action scenes as Wolverine in the 'X-Men' franchise himself.

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Burt Lancaster - The respected actor was nominated for four Oscars and won one for 'Elmer Gantry.' Lancaster was known in the 1950s and 1960s for filming without the use of stuntmen.

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Keanu Reeves - The actor performs the majority of stunts in the action-packed 'John Wick' series all by himself.

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Kate Winslet - The actress didn't need a stunt double to film her action scenes in the film 'Divergent,' even though she was three months pregnant, according to the Daily Mail.

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Angelina Jolie - The actress jumped over a moving truck while filming 'Salt'. Jolie also performed the action scenes in 'Tomb Raider.'

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Buster Keaton - In the 1920s, the actor was considered brave for performing all the stunts in his movies.

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Taylor Lautner - The actor refused to have his dangerous scenes of 'Abduction' performed by a stuntman.

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Joseph Morgan - The actor, who plays Klaus in 'Vampire Diaries,' likes heights and doesn't use stuntmen for the action scenes.

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Denzel Washington - The actor did all the action scenes in 'Unstoppable.'

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Bruce Lee -

The late martial arts movie legend never used stuntmen to film his scenes.

Sources: (MovieWeb) (ScreenCrush)

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Stars who risk their lives to film their own stunts

No stunt double? No problem!

07/09/23 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Actors

Hollywood A-listers generate major revenue when they lend their names to a movie or TV series. Their fame and reputations make them highly valuable, so it's no wonder that various stars have insured their most precious body parts for millions! However, there are other actors who insist on doing their own stunts, regardless of the risk of injury. They take their craft so seriously that they're willing to push their bodies to the limit for authenticity.

From Michelle Yeoh's martial arts mastery to Tom Cruise's action heroics, click through the gallery to see the actors who do it all themselves.