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Gary Connery (born 18 June 1969) [1] is a British skydiver, BASE jumper, and professional stuntman. [2] Connery has performed stunt-work in numerous films. He has also acted as the stunt-double for Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rowan Atkinson, and John Hurt. [2]
During a segment of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics entitled "Happy and Glorious", Sutton served as a stunt double of James Bond on a helicopter in a filmed portion of the segment. Alongside his friend Gary Connery (who was The Queen's double for the segment), Sutton skydived out of the helicopter above the Olympic Stadium. [1]
The Queen’s Olympic surprise was inspired by famous James Bond stunt, says Danny Boyle. ... for which a stunt double was used. ... It was the Queen’s dresser, Angela Kelly, who asked the royal ...
The pay day for Tom Cruise’s latest, greatest stunt may surprise you.. Cruise, 62, and his trusty stunts team accepted no fee for his impossible mission: swinging atop Stade de France and ...
A stunt double is often a stunt performer, specifically a skilled replacement, used for dangerous sequences or other sophisticated stunts (especially fight scenes). Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition or age precludes much activity, or when an actor is contractually prohibited from taking certain risks.
Stunt doubles must resemble the star they are standing in for, but some productions find doubles that look so much like the real thing they're basically twins! 9 stars who look shockingly ...
As the world mourns Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at 96, one of her many appearances in pop culture in recent years that stands out is the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in ...
Edward Kidd OBE (born 22 June 1959) is an English former stunt performer.He was paralysed and suffered brain damage following an accident in 1996. [2] On 15 June 2012 it was announced that he had been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to charity.