1) You’ll see your name in the fast scrolling credits of the movie, but there isn’t an Oscar category for Best Stunt (but does have a freaking category for Best Makeup and Hairstyle). That epic 17-story fall you just took? Well, everyone will think it was actually the big Hollywood star that was “reworking the screenplay” with the 20-year-old intern in his/her trailer, which smelled like a hippie commune.
2) When you do stunts, you not only do the dangerous (and arguably fun) stuff but you also might have to do things that actors don’t want because, honestly, it’s unpleasant. Also, you sometimes might have to do scenes with non-stunt performers (see: actors) which could result in injury due to their lack of training. For example, something as simple as getting a pie, a cake, or someone’s privates smacked to your face might instead be tasked to a stunt performer. Rolling around on the dusty ground could also be relegated to a stunt person because what kind of monster would force their talent to ruin a $400 mani-pedi for the sake of one measly scene?
They are both trying to teach you and make you learn
1. D. "As I sat there on the side of the highway, I basked in the tartness of my childhood fruit and in the sweetness of the memory of making jelly with the greatest woman I’ve ever known."
2. C. They were most likely a working, middle-class family.
3. B. it is written from the first person point of view.
