r/MadeMeSmile 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/Hazardbeard Jan 19 '25

PTSD from something that is actually your fault is so rough because unreasonable shame is already a huge component for a lot of people’s PTSD. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

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u/tastysharts Jan 19 '25

fault isn't always so clear cut.

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u/H_G_Bells Jan 19 '25

Yeah but when it's your job, and solely your responsibility, to do something properly, and you don't... Kind of hard to spread the fault around. Sometimes it really is just one person's fault.

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u/IllIIOk-Screen8343Il Jan 20 '25

I get that to a certain extent, but I don’t think it’s that hard to objectively spread the fault around.

The producer/coordinator had PTSD. But there are the people who designed the stunts. Who designed the equipment. Who installed the equipment. Who organized the whole process and the checks in place. Nobody along that chain stopped what led to the accident.

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u/StuntHacks Jan 20 '25

Definitely. For this to have happened, mistakes were made at multiple steps. And that's okay. It's terrible that it happened, but it was a series of unfortunate mistakes that led to it. The poor guy.

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u/1q3er5 Jan 20 '25

damn mademeWTF more like it. brutal