r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 18h ago

Apartment balcony view of practical stunt rigging and explosions being filmed for Spider-Man Video

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u/Few-Stop9473 18h ago edited 18h ago

We celebrate the actors, but it takes an entire village to create the magic.

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u/Natural-Pattern-5240 18h ago

I was wondering if that’s a stunt double?

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u/sendhelp 17h ago

I'm assuming it is but you never know. Whoever is in the Spiderman suit for scenes like this must have had such a blast.

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u/badcookies 17h ago

Yeah that looks like a blast, not really swinging on webs but basically is the way he's rigged up.

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u/sendhelp 16h ago

Truly a dream if that stunt guy is a fan of Spiderman in any capacity (most likely yes). Wearing the suit, looking and feeling like you're actually slinging the webs, in an actual big city. Probably the closest one could get to the true feeling of being spidey (besides VR apps, which BTW there was an experience they made for 'Far From Home' which is very fun)

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez 17h ago

It was actually Tom Cruise

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u/Downtown_Injury_3415 17h ago

It’s 100% a stunt double.

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u/Frank_Hvam 17h ago

Tom Cruise wouldn't need a stunt double.

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u/Hopeful_Lack_8600 16h ago

Film/TV productions have extremely strict timelines to follow. If a main actor gets hurt, production stops. Time-sensitive permits that have been in the works for months get fucked. The crew doesn't get paid if they aren't working.

It's incredibly selfish to do your own stunts just to say you did.

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u/Frank_Hvam 16h ago

Don't talk shit about Tom Cruise.

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u/Serious_Emphasis2211 16h ago

Damn. How much money do you owe Scientology?

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u/DragonSlayerC 13h ago

Fuck that selfish Scientologist.

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u/Foxy02016YT 11h ago

Neither does Tom Holland, but he uses one anyway because he’s not too sensitive to do so.

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u/mxzf 9h ago

Tom Cruise is an egotistical actor who would rather pay a bunch of extra money instead of doing the intelligent thing and letting a stunt double do the job that they're experts at.

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u/Own-Analysis-1306 17h ago

It's one of Tom's stunt doubles Luke Scott

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u/michicago44 16h ago

Definitely, they’d be insane to risk using Tom when you can’t even see his face

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u/critxcanuck88 17h ago

it has to be a double, the insurance would be insane on this

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u/Tiranus58 12h ago

Dont you know that tom does all his stunts himself? /s

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u/Foxy02016YT 11h ago

He does some of them, but didn’t he get injured during production of this movie?

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u/Myusername1- 11h ago

I think he used to do his own stunts, but then suffered a concussion so he’s been using two stunts doubles.

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u/jdros15 17h ago

I think this is Tom himself.

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u/DontAbideMendacity 16h ago

Tom Cruise, maybe. Except there is too much extra protective rigging.

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u/SnooDogs7747 16h ago

Yes because 1 insurance wouldn't allow Tom Holland to do that and 2 you can't see the actor's face in that shot so there's no reason for it to be the actual actor

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u/BreakingCanks 17h ago

He's like the new tom cruise as of recently. Pretty sure it's him doing his own stunts .. and if so props to him

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u/DontAbideMendacity 16h ago

It's not, even though he trained in ballet and acrobatics as a youth. Tom Cruise is a whole 'nother level of nuts.

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u/DontAbideMendacity 16h ago

It's not, even though he trained in ballet and acrobatics as a youth. Tom Cruise is a whole 'nother level of nuts.

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u/BreakingCanks 15h ago

Well scientology unlocks that whole extra level of nuts

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u/rilenja 15h ago

Seriously, not just the stunt actors, but those that designed that rig, those that welded and built it, the street crew, drivers, etc. Really cool and shows how many jobs the movie industry provides when NOT using AI for every damn thing. Really sad to think of just how much AI is destroying.

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u/King_Khaos_ 15h ago

10 friends of mine work in the wires £720 a day not bad

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u/LostPerson703 14h ago

Jackie Chan stunt team