‘The Fall Guy’ Is a True Throwback to How Action Movies Were Once Made

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‘The Fall Guy’ Is a True Throwback to How Action Movies Were Once Made

In “The Fall Guy,” Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, the stunt double for Hollywood action star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Seavers, like “The Fall Guy” director David Leitch and stunt designer Chris O’Hara, got his professional start as a stunt performer before 1999, when “The Matrix” served as a turning point for the profession. “When my generation came in, ‘The Matrix’ was a big influential time in my career as a stunt performer,” said L…