Colt Seavers
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0He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows, and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy, and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job. What could go right?
[from trailer]
Colt Seavers: [preparing his dog, sitting next to him in a truck, for a jump] I'll buy you a drink after this is over! Engage your core!
[ Cut to Colt icing his fist in a frozen margarita with the dog sitting next to him, lapping up a drink in a beer glass]
[from trailer]
Colt Seavers: [after a fight; talking to Jody] I had no choice. I had to do some Jason Bourne shit!
[from trailer]
Jody Moreno: You are literally the last person on Earth I wanna see. I'd slap the shit outta you. I really could.
Colt Seavers: And I'm open to that in a safer environment.
[from trailer]
Jody Moreno: I'm the director. You're a stunt guy. We need to keep it super profesh.
Colt Seavers: Profesh is my middle name.
Jody Moreno: You said your middle name was Danger.
Colt is introduced on set as the double to a diva action star named Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, doing enough of a blend between Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and even Matthew McConaughey that he seems right without ever feeling like he’s specifically ripping on one actor). When a fall goes horribly wrong, Colt is sidelined for 18 months, leaving behind his girlfriend Jody (Emily Blunt) and maybe the industry for good. When Jody’s producer Gail (Hannah Waddingham) comes to Colt to beg him to double Ryder again on the set of Jody’s directorial debut, Colt relents. The first act of “The Fall Guy” basically plays like a romantic comedy as Jody berates Colt for running from their relationship after his accident in a great scene in front of a lot of cast and crew.
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