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4 November 2005 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Tom Cruise is terrifying film-makers on the set of Mission: Impossible III, by insisting on carrying out his own death-defying stunts. The superstar actor has refused to allow a stunt double to take on the dangerous high falls necessary for his part as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the sequel - and his willingness to push himself to the limit even scares legendary stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong, who is working on the film with him. Armstrong tells Total Film magazine "He did a 70 foot fall for us last week. He's amazing. He did about seven takes. Absolutely terrifies me - I can see the headlines! What a way to finish a career."

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27 September 2005 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stunned fans at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in Hollywood on Sunday night when he showed up to present pal, stuntman icon Vic Armstrong, with a Lifetime Achievement prize. Movie veteran Armstrong, whose film credits include Raiders Of The Lost Ark and War Of The Worlds, took a break from making Mission: Impossible 3 with Tom Cruise to accept his honor. Schwarzenegger's Planet Hollywood pal Sylvester Stallone also made an appearance - to pick up the night's Honorary Action Star award and movie-maker Quentin Tarantino took home the award for Best Action Movie Director. Meanwhile's Tarantino's fight sequence between Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill Vol 2 claimed the fifth annual prize's Best Fight honors, while the film's stand-ins Zoe Bell and Monica Staggs took home the Best Stuntwoman prize.

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2 articles from 2005