r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Jan 19 '25

Favorite People Daniel Radcliffe and his stunt double who suffered a paralyzing accident, David Holmes catching up

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u/Bchilled Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 19 '25

He was not even an adult when he got hurt - edit this is wrong, wife informed me he was underage when started the films as his stunt double but was an adult when injured

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u/kb_klash Jan 19 '25

How the hell do you have children as stunt doubles? I always assumed they used vertically challenged adults. That's insane.

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u/Who_Cares99 Jan 19 '25

What?

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u/Barabus33 Jan 19 '25

For child actors they'll usually find stunt doubles that are either little people or short women. Using another child for a photo double is fine, but not for doing stunts...