David Bianculli

And there's just a legacy of that stunt and information and how it's done that gets passed down generation to generation.

I was doubling Brad Pitt on The Mexican, and I'd just gotten the call. I was actually working in Vancouver doubling for Jean-Claude Van Damme. And I got the call to do this movie, The Mexican, and I actually told Jean-Claude I have to leave. I'm going to go double Brad Pitt.

I was doubling Brad Pitt on The Mexican, and I'd just gotten the call. I was actually working in Vancouver doubling for Jean-Claude Van Damme. And I got the call to do this movie, The Mexican, and I actually told Jean-Claude I have to leave. I'm going to go double Brad Pitt.

I was doubling Brad Pitt on The Mexican, and I'd just gotten the call. I was actually working in Vancouver doubling for Jean-Claude Van Damme. And I got the call to do this movie, The Mexican, and I actually told Jean-Claude I have to leave. I'm going to go double Brad Pitt.

He wasn't necessarily excited or happy about that, but I didn't want to lose the opportunity because I had just done Fight Club, and I was excited to sort of build this relationship with that actor because as a stunt performer, you hope that you get to double an actor and you get to do multiple films with them, and you build a career that way. So I fly down to Mexico.

He wasn't necessarily excited or happy about that, but I didn't want to lose the opportunity because I had just done Fight Club, and I was excited to sort of build this relationship with that actor because as a stunt performer, you hope that you get to double an actor and you get to do multiple films with them, and you build a career that way. So I fly down to Mexico.

He wasn't necessarily excited or happy about that, but I didn't want to lose the opportunity because I had just done Fight Club, and I was excited to sort of build this relationship with that actor because as a stunt performer, you hope that you get to double an actor and you get to do multiple films with them, and you build a career that way. So I fly down to Mexico.

We're shooting in this really small town, Rio de Catorce. It's like one road in, one road out, and I get there, And that morning, like I wake up and they're like, we got to get you to set right away. We have this car thing we want you to do. And really simple, actually, they had in the middle of the desert, they'd poured a blacktop intersection to make it look like an intersection.

We're shooting in this really small town, Rio de Catorce. It's like one road in, one road out, and I get there, And that morning, like I wake up and they're like, we got to get you to set right away. We have this car thing we want you to do. And really simple, actually, they had in the middle of the desert, they'd poured a blacktop intersection to make it look like an intersection.

We're shooting in this really small town, Rio de Catorce. It's like one road in, one road out, and I get there, And that morning, like I wake up and they're like, we got to get you to set right away. We have this car thing we want you to do. And really simple, actually, they had in the middle of the desert, they'd poured a blacktop intersection to make it look like an intersection.

And they were kind of doing a top shot over the street light. All I had to do was take the El Camino and drive it through the intersection fast. So I back up about 200 feet. And I remember the stunt coordinator giving me the thumbs up. And it's like, action, action. And I drive the car. And the speedometer doesn't work in the El Camino. I mean, we have these old cars.

And they were kind of doing a top shot over the street light. All I had to do was take the El Camino and drive it through the intersection fast. So I back up about 200 feet. And I remember the stunt coordinator giving me the thumbs up. And it's like, action, action. And I drive the car. And the speedometer doesn't work in the El Camino. I mean, we have these old cars.

And they were kind of doing a top shot over the street light. All I had to do was take the El Camino and drive it through the intersection fast. So I back up about 200 feet. And I remember the stunt coordinator giving me the thumbs up. And it's like, action, action. And I drive the car. And the speedometer doesn't work in the El Camino. I mean, we have these old cars.

You dress them up on the outside to film them. But sometimes they're not in the best condition otherwise. I'm getting close to the intersection, and I can hear the engine changing gears, but I'm not really thinking about it because I'm so excited. Like, I'm doubling Brad Pitt. This is amazing. Like, my career's on the rise. This is going to be awesome.

You dress them up on the outside to film them. But sometimes they're not in the best condition otherwise. I'm getting close to the intersection, and I can hear the engine changing gears, but I'm not really thinking about it because I'm so excited. Like, I'm doubling Brad Pitt. This is amazing. Like, my career's on the rise. This is going to be awesome.

You dress them up on the outside to film them. But sometimes they're not in the best condition otherwise. I'm getting close to the intersection, and I can hear the engine changing gears, but I'm not really thinking about it because I'm so excited. Like, I'm doubling Brad Pitt. This is amazing. Like, my career's on the rise. This is going to be awesome.

And I hit the intersection, and where the blacktop, they had poured the blacktop, there was a bump. And...

And I hit the intersection, and where the blacktop, they had poured the blacktop, there was a bump. And...

And I hit the intersection, and where the blacktop, they had poured the blacktop, there was a bump. And...

i launch and i launch up a couple feet and i hit the i hit the pavement and my suspension loosens up and i'm starting to drift and i'm like oh god and i can see the stunt coordinator on one side like you know what are you doing he's putting his hands up in the air and i'm kind of heading towards video village where everyone is filming it and i'm like drifting there and everything's now slowed down in time so uh i just crank the wheel the other way