Major Hollywood productions are taking strict safety precautions to limit the risk to their stunt teams. Nevertheless, accidents still happen on the sets of James Bond or Fast & Furious. In 2019, stuntman Joe Watts fell during production of Fast & Furious 9 several meters in depth and survived with serious injuries.
The case ended up in court and is now closed, according to a report from Deadline. Find out in this article how the accident happened and what consequences it had.
Serious Fast and Furious accident leads to million-dollar fine: What exactly happened?
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While filming Fast 9 in Hertfordshire, UK, Joe Watts did a fight scene on a balcony, writes the BBC. He fell eight meters onto bare concrete and hit his head. How could this happen? The inquest in court exposed some Security deficiencies on the set. Watts’ safety line came loose during a stunt. The line was not checked between two stunts. The court also criticized the fact that the stunt was rehearsed during filming “in the last minute” was changed.
That’s how it became Safety mat not adjustedwhich was considered by the court “astonishing” was assessed. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which filed the lawsuit, accuses the production in detail…
The judge said Joe Watts had these circumstances “Lucky to be alive.”
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There are the consequences for the Fast & Furious stuntman
Joe Watts suffered a fractured skull and brain damage in the fall. His injuries are described as “life changing“The responsible production company, FF9 Pictures, admitted to health and safety deficiencies during the trial and accepted the $1 million fine.