If you were a stunman, would you... ?

[roytheodd]

If you were a stuntman, would you ever simply walk down stairs or would you always be tumbling or sliding your way down?

 

[mojo1701]

If you were a stuntman, would you ever simply walk down stairs or would you always be tumbling or sliding your way down?

Probably walking. There are very few people that take their work home with them .

But yeah, it'd waste time trying to tumble or slide; when stuntmen do a stunt, they have to prepare, and you can't do one just on a whim.

 

[was]

Walk. Why take the risk if you're not getting paid for it? Additionally, if you get injured on the job you're usually covered by insurance.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Walk. Why take the risk if you're not getting paid for it?

Heh.

I was a stuntman for several years, and when I saw this topic, my immediate response was "I ain't fallin' down no stairs unless I'm being paid for it!"

-Hyp.

 

[jonesy]

If you were a stuntman, would you ever simply walk down stairs or would you always be tumbling or sliding your way down?

Probably walking. There are very few people that take their work home with them .

Which is probably why it's people who are not stuntmen who do that stuff. Like those traceurs who practise parkeur:
http://www.screwgravity.com/photographs/thumbnails.php?album=2&page=1
http://www.ludopathic.co.uk/SCPKnuke/modules.php?name=coppermine&cat=3

 

[Xath]

I do some stunts on the side, and I'll tell you that I'd rather jump off of a building than fall down stairs. I'm not going to fall down stairs unless I'm getting paid or in class. And then I'd like to have some padding on. Eugh...stairs. Probably the most uncomfortable stunt there is.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Parkeur is very cool. If I was the sort to play "XTREME!!1" sports that's what I'd do

 

[Desdichado]

I don't know about working as a stuntman, but I can tell you all about my work as a stunt...

 

[PowerWordDumb]

If I were really a stunman, I would probably just fall down the stairs and lay in a heap at the bottom.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I'd be too stunned to use the stairs.