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‘The Fall Guy’ stuntman breaks Guinness World Record for most cannon rolls in car

Film stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt
Photo via Filmfare
Photo via Filmfare

“The Fall Guy” stuntman Logan Holladay broke a Guinness World Record previously set in 2006 by Adam Kirley in “Casino Royale,” Fox News reported.

The film’s leading cast Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt honoured him with a Guinness World Record certificate at a special screening of the movie on March 13 in Los Angeles.

The record broken by Holladay was for most cannon rolls in a car. The previous record stood at seven rolls in the “James Bond” film “Casino Royale.” Holladay beat the record in eight and a half rolls.

“The cannon roll, a classic stunt dating back to the early days of cinema, involves fitting a cannon-like apparatus beneath a car that shoots toward the ground,” Universal Pictures said in a press release.

“As the vehicle reaches a designated speed, the mechanism triggers and propels the car into a series of rolls. Holladay executed the stunt behind a modified Jeep Grand Cherokee fitted with an external fibreglass body.”

David Leitch, the movie director, paid tribute to the stuntman.

While speaking about the stunt, Holladay said: “As for the cannon rolls, after two practice runs and one real take, we had one car and one shot left. And after I hit the eight-and-a-half rolls, I had a pretty good feeling that I had broken the record because it felt like the spinning was never going to stop. It was a surreal moment and I’m incredibly proud of what the team achieved.”

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