A Cunning Stunt

"Well almost all. I am rather proud of that. When one's wearing clothes, it's not so hard to have a convincing stunt double, but we couldn't find a skilled stuntwoman who could pass for me when naked."

"So what was the most difficult stunt to do?"

"It's hard to decide, but one of the trickiest was in a part of the story where Fred and I were having to pretend to be burlesque entertainers performing for some lord or other. For reasons too complicated to go into now, it ended up with Fred off-stage and my having to carry out a series of forfeits. I had to do a gymnastic routine, performing cartwheels, somersaults and the like. To finish, I had to stand on a large barrel and roll it along with my feet, while keeping my balance. That was really difficult, as the barrel was not a perfect cylinder but was slightly convex, which make it hard to keep to a straight course. I was propelling the barrel along an aisle between rows of seats, and the aisle was only about twice as wide as the barrel. I had to practise a lot before I became any good at it, but when the cameras finally started rolling I only needed two takes."

Evidentally it had been assumed that anyone viewing the interview would already have seen the film, in that something of a spoiler had been given. Of course that assumption did not apply in Josh's case.

1. Not wanting to riak any further spoilers, Josh chooses to play the movie.
2. The interview continues.
3. Josh chooses another option on the extras DVD.

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