After all, it shares DNA with the latter in stuntman-turned-director David Leitch, who will next helm the "Deadpool" sequel.
It was a pretty sad place to be and I was probably as unhappy as I've ever been in my life". The actor is quick to add that despite the harsh conditions -- bitter cold, long hours on the set, no stand-ins, no stuntmen and little rest between scenes -- he feels privileged to be part of such a serious film and able to explore a character in such depth.
Just this month in Rome, stuntman Tom Lucy, who was set on fire for a scene in the upcoming Sylvester Stallone movie "Daylight," barely escaped serious injury when the flames burned too hot.
I always ask myself: 'Which of my characters would meet each other in this?' Stuntman Mike could easily meet Bruce Willis's character from Pulp Fiction, or Jules, or any of the Reservoir Dogs that are left alive.
None of it is as adrenaline-inducing as Hiddleston's superhero work, but that's precisely why the 35-year-old Brit had to apologize in advance to a stuntman in case he inadvertently clocked him.
The names of his characters pretty much describe what he was hired to do: the Turk, a sadistic bouncer bashing Anthony Quinn in "A Dream of Kings" in 1969; Redneck in "Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?" in 1977; Tigerman in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" in 1979; and Awful Abdul in "Million Dollar Mystery" in 1987.
Later on, in a bar, Wayne grabbed the stuntman in a headlock and loudly berated him for showing him up in front of the crew.
The following year he was a stuntman in Ben Hur and in 1963 his long love affair with James Bond started.
In October, a stuntman was accidentally stabbed in the shoulder with a bayonet while rehearsing an action sequence for the film.
The climax of his show, the TV show, and Franco's show would take place in a scene in which a stuntman — call him " 'Franco' " — would fall from a balcony three stories above the gas station and die.
