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Tom Cruise - In 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,' the actor decided to film the dangerous scenes recorded on the top of a building in Dubai himself.
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Cameron Diaz - In 'Knight and Day,' the actress followed Tom Cruise's lead and disregard a stunt double, and filmed her own action scenes.
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Harrison Ford - Harrison Ford did many of his own action scenes (and even improvised some!) in the 'Indiana Jones' movies.
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Angelina Jolie - The actress even jumped over a moving truck when filming 'Salt'. Jolie also performed the action scenes in 'Tomb Raider.'
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Jackie Chan - The Chinese actor was a stuntman early in his career and has already collected some broken bones throughout his filmography. He does not use stunt doubles in his action scenes.
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Jason Statham - The British actor admitted in an interview that, since there was no budget to do special effects in green screen or to hire a stuntman, he decided to film all the stunts in his first movie himself.
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Sylvester Stallone - Sly refused to use a stunt double to film his action scenes in 'The Expendables'.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - Former bodybuilder and action movie star has said no to stunt doubles a few times. In 2013, while filming 'The Last Stand,' Arnie hanged on ropes at high altitudes and drove cars at high speed.
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Chloë Grace Moretz - The actress did most of the scenes in 'Kick Ass' and 'Kick-Ass 2.'
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Daniel Craig - The star told the Telegraph that he's not the type of actor who just takes off his shirt. He claims that if he has to be challenged physically, he'll do it to the best of his ability.
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Christian Bale - Although Christian Bale used a stunt double for the 'Batman' trilogy, he performed all the fighting scenes.
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Zoe Bell - The actress was Uma Thurman's stunt double in 'Kill Bill.' Her work was so impressive that director Quentin Tarantino invited her to star in one of his movies. He decided that Zoe Bell was the perfect pick for 'Death Proof'.
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Kristen Stewart - The actress performed her own action scenes in both the 'Twilight' saga and in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'.
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John Cena - Professional wrestler John Cena had no problems in filming his dangerous scenes in 'The Marine' and '12 Rounds'.
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Viggo Mortensen - The actor did all the battle scenes in 'The Lord of the Rings' without resorting to a stunt double.
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Gina Carano - Before becoming an actress, Carano was an MMA fighter. So the transition to the action scenes was an easy one. In 'Haywire,' all punches and kicks come from the actress herself.
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Josh Hutcherson - The actor decided to film all his action scenes in the movie 'Hunger Games' without using stunt doubles.
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Hugh Jackman - The actor decided to do most of the action scenes of the 'X-Men' franchise without a stuntman.
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Michelle Yeoh - The actress refused to work with stuntwomen in the film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' spending hours upon hours hanging from ropes.
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Burt Lancaster - The respected actor was nominated for four Oscars and won one for 'Elmer Gantry.' Lancaster was known in the 1950s and 1960s for filming without the use of stuntmen.
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Keanu Reeves - The actor did the action scenes of 'John Wick: Chapter 2'.
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Kate Winslet - The actress didn't need a stunt double to film her action scenes in the film 'Divergent,' even though she was three months pregnant, according to the Daily Mail.
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Bruce Willis - The actor filmed the action scenes in 'Die Hard' and told Hollywood Reporter that he would leave the set bruised.
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Buster Keaton - In the 1920s, the actor was considered brave for performing all the stunts in his movies.
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Taylor Lautner - The actor refused to have his dangerous scenes of 'Abduction' performed by a stuntman.
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Tony Jaa - Jaa is a Muay Thai practitioner, choreographer, director, and actor. At age 15, he was taken under the wing by a stunt director and got involved in the movies. His fights are real and impressive, considering the acrobatic jumps and amazing blows.
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Joseph Morgan - The actor, who plays Klaus in 'Vampire Diaries,' likes heights and doesn't use stuntmen for the action scenes.
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Richard Gere - While filming 'The Double', Gere insisted on doing a sequence of action scenes that were meant to be performed by his stunt double and ended up shifting his shoulder, according to The Telegraph.
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Denzel Washington - The actor did all the action scenes in 'Unstoppable.'
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Bruce Lee - The martial arts movie legend has never used stuntmen to film his scenes.
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Stars who risk their lives to film their own stunts
No stunt double? No problem! These Hollywood stars prefer to film dangerous scenes themselves!
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The use of stunt doubles in action scenes continues to be heavily questioned. Although actors get to choose whether or not they participate in these often dangerous film sequences, many actually do decide to shoot these risky scenes themselves.
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