Geek Syndicate
Back when Armstrong started in the industry it seemed that the stuntman was just the hired muscle and people did not know them or even care about them in some cases but how has the industry changed in the last forty years? VA: It has changed radically. When I was doing it we didn’t have a huge amount of respect, money, influence, responsibility or anything like that, so I think we are very proud to have built that up over the years. The business has obviously changed and people have acknowledged the the industry, but also the cinema going public. Is this what the average stuntman thinks? VA: Oh absolutely, you have actors like Harrison Ford and people like that really sing our praises and advertise the fact that stuntmen do the stunt