The stand-in for movie star Vin Diesel fell on set and fractured his skull.
Vin Diesel has played Dominic Toretto in the Furjapäät movies. PDO
Huge fines were imposed on the filmmakers of the Hurjapäät film after an accident that happened during filming. Vin Diesel’s understudy in the accident Joe Watts got a brain injury. About the subject write BBC.
The accident happened on the set of the 9th part of the movie “Hurjapäät” in July 2019 in Hertfordshire, East England. A movie was being shot Warner Brothers at the company’s studio.
35-year-old Watts challenged to the production company’s court at the end of 2022. he sought more than a million pounds in compensation for his suffering.
Stuntman Joe Watts fell 8 meters on set and hit his head on the concrete floor. Watts’ skull was fractured and he suffered a brain injury.
Watts acted as a stand-in for a fight scene where another actor threw him off a balcony. However, Watts’ safety wire came loose and the man fell 8 meters headfirst onto the concrete.
According to the description given to the court, the over-the-shoulder throw of the scene was practiced on the right shoulder, but a change was made in the filming. The man was thrown over his left shoulder. The safety wire worked during the first take, but in the second take the wire came loose. Watts also did not hit the crash pads below. The cable was not checked between takes.
At the court hearing, the judge Talwinder Buttar said it was a miracle that the man was alive at all and criticized the production team’s last-minute changes to the fight choreography.
Watts was an experienced stand-in and has worked in many well-known series and films such as Game of Thrones mixed Star Wars: The last Jedi.
The court ordered the production company to pay a fine of 800,000 pounds for neglecting safety regulations.
The background of the film has an effect Universal pictures -company’s subsidiary FF9, to which fine payments were also assigned.