There is actually a stunt person who posts on here. I'll see if I can dig out their username and tag them....
Yep ....
Edit: oh he hasn't posted anything in 11 days unfortunately but hopefully he sees the tag.
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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Hey, I got a family friend who does stunts and explained this to me. It's kinda like the ball with a punch of sticks through it. You try and creat contact and slow yourself down as much as possible while also having some concealed restraints to keep anything serious from bending the wrong way. That and not being afraid to get actually hurt, which can and will happen anyways.
I’ve seen actors fall down stairs and over a breakaway bannister live in a Broadway show. It’s clearly highly choreographed, and I also spotted the pads one actor was wearing when his shirt accidentally came untucked. Even though it looked very chaotic, in hindsight it was more of a tuck & tumble than a random fall.
Not that I am a stunt person, but as far as I know:
- training (there are ways to fall that are more controlled and less harmful)
- hidden safety gear (thick clothing, hidden protection)
- hidden set safety (fake floors that are soft, mattresses that are removed in post, etc)
- and finally, getting actually hurt, a lot... All stunt people get hurt often, it is an actually dangerous job
This. And sound editing afterwards for crashes and blows adds a lot.
There's a lot of overlap with tumbling but with the added twist of making the maneuvers look accidental. Some of it is misdirection, making it look, for example, like you are falling on your butt while sneakily breaking your fall with your hands. It takes a lot of practice to do it safely and it's still somewhat risky even if you're skilled in it (because ultimately a lot of it is actually falling and then catching yourself safely), which is why stunt doubles are frequently employed.
Come to think of it, the way people fall down the stairs dramatically in movies look the same to me. I mean how they roll on the upper part of their backs without letting their heads hit anything and not trying to stop with their hands, because that'll lead to injury.
Kind of like how people fall in Jūdō, but down the stairs continuously.
Continuous fall is my new band's name
Having some muscles is a very good measure to protect your bones.
The other is very specific training.
Athlete level fitness, padding, rolling rather than falling, and smart camerawork, editing and sound editing. And a willingness to get bruises for money.
Padding and learning how to prat fall.
Yup. I remember seeing a behind the scenes clip once where the stuntman got a Styrofoam insert on his back under the sweater, as well as pads for knees and elbows. Probably other stuff too that I didn't see or remember.
In the clip of him actually falling you can see him rolling in a manner that ensures only the padded parts of his body are the ones that hit the stairs particularly hard. His head never touched anything.
Fun fact: stunt women cannot wear much padding because they usually wear tight dresses.
Stunt women are just stunt men wearing extra padding in the chest and hip area under their dresses. 😌
In the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, there was a video in which James Bond takes the Queen skydiving. The Queen’s stunt double in the skydive scene was a bloke with a beard (which was invisible from the distance it was shot at)
That gag will never get old to me.
Some* There are definitly stuntwomen
Learning? Sounds like a whole lot of work. I just take the medical leave.
Carefully
One step at a time.
There it is
Training on how to fall properly to avoid injury, soft stairs that looks hard.
Have you seen The Prestige?