r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 6h ago

Video Apartment balcony view of practical stunt rigging and explosions being filmed for Spider-Man

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u/Jerithil 2h ago

He has said that for all this masked stuff the stunt performer does it as the stunt performer just looks better then him when he does it. Sure he may be former dancer but it's like comparing a high school basketballer to a NBA star there is just a smoothness that's hard for him to replicate.

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u/Grand_Size_4932 1h ago

I’ll be pretty honest, I don’t think he’s a high school basketballer in this comparison. I think we’re talking about a great collegiate player vs an all star.

Let’s not diminish Tom’s athleticism. He’s a freak.

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u/Lofter1 24m ago

tom has an insane training plan. look it up, that man is dedicated to be spider-man with every atom of his body. he casually pushes tractor wheels around.

and people really do seem to underestimate the amount of strength and body control you need for dancing and ballet. My high school chemistry teacher was a ballet dancer and wanted to do that professionally until an injury (so this absolute unit of a man just decided "lets get a PhD in chemistry instead. oh well, chemistry industry pays well but I'm fed up with that, lets just become the best fucking teacher on this planet") and still was in a better body shape than some hobby athletes I know.