The Fall Guy Trivia | 30 facts about the movie

The Fall Guy is a 2024 upcoming American action comedy film directed by David Leitch.

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1. The Fall Guy is a 2024 upcoming American action comedy.
2. The film was directed by David Leitch.
3. It was written by Drew Pearce.
4. It’s loosely based on the 1980s TV series about stunt performers.
5. It stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.
6. Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, and Stephanie Hsu play in supporting roles.
7. The Fall Guy premiered at SXSW on March 12, 2024.
8. It is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada by Universal Pictures on May 3, 2024.
9. The film has received generally positive reviews from critics.
10. It broke a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls performed in a car.
11. The movie is a remake of The Fall Guy (1981).
12. In it, Lee Majors played Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who also moonlights as a bounty hunter when there is little movie work.
13. Majors himself and the show’s famous vehicle, the 1981 GMC K-2500 Wideside, will appear in the film.
14. Ryan Gosling had a chance encounter with Steven Spielberg, who told him he loved this movie. Gosling said, “As far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter anymore what happens. Steven Spielberg liked it.
15. That was an all time moment for me. I’m really excited for people to see it. I think it’s a really special movie.”
16. David Leitch made the choice to direct this movie instead of Will Smith’s Fast and Loose the week before Smith slapped Chris Rock at 94th Oscars (2022).
17. This movie had been in development since 2010.
18. Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Nicolas Cage, Jason Statham, and Dwayne Johnson were all eyed to play Colt Seavers over the years.
19. Chris O’Hara received a credit for for the crew position of ‘stunt designer,’ believed to be the first credit of its kind.
20. The role of Stunt Designer is meant to acknowledge the high-level artistic contribution of the traditional stunt coordinator role, and recognize creative leadership within the stunts industry.
21. The film cast includes three Oscar nominees
22. Emily Blunt partially based her character on Greta Gerwig, explaining, “With the warmth and the charm, I guess there’s a little Greta in there.”
23. Lee Majors, who starred in the original television series, also has a role in the film.
24. The Fall Guy’s score was composed by Dominic Lewis, who previously scored Bullet Train.
25. Blake Shelton contributed to the soundtrack with a cover of “Unknown Stuntman”, the theme to the series originally performed by Lee Majors.
26. Principal photography began in October 2022 in Sydney, Australia, at the Disney Studios Australia in Moore Park, Sydney.
27. In January 2023, the Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed for several daytime hours for filming of scenes involving Gosling.
28. The film used practical stunts, with highly choreographed action sequences. Leitch stated, “It was a love letter to stunts. We knew we had to be authentic in that world.”
29. It broke a Guinness World Record for the most cannon rolls in a car, with eight and a half rolls performed by stunt driver Logan Holladay.
30. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 37 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10.