#vic armstrong

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

One thing about Rings of Power I never see mentioned is that bloody Vic Armstrong, legendary stuntman and second unit director who worked on everything from Superman and Indiana Jones to James Bond and Mission Impossible, is in charge of all the action.

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Morfydd Clark | “The Making of TROP” Mastering horseback-riding and totally killin’ it. Interview by Amazon Prime

[+] MORFYDD [GIF Collection] 🌺 [+] ..more on Galadriel ✨ [+] “The Making of The Rings of Power” 🎬

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Harrison Ford's stunt doubles, Vic Armstrong (left) and Jordi Casares (right), on the set of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

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Harrison Ford and his stunt double Vic Armstrong, on the set of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989

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Georges Lucas and Steven Spielberg giving instructions to Vic Armstrong (Indy stunt double). ”Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989). Tabernas Desert (Almería, Spain).

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Stunt Co-ordinator re: Natalie Portman in Thor 1

Recently I read the autobiography The True Adventures Of The World’s Greatest Stuntman: My life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and other movie heroes by Vic Armstrong (with Robert Sellers, published in 2011).

 On Thor, Vic was Second Unit Director/Stunt Co-ordinator, and he wrote this about Natalie Portman:

 During the Santa Fe shoot I did an amazing shot with Natalie Portman, for which she will forever be a hero in my estimation. The shot involved Natalie being inside a 4 X 4 racing through the desert, and she had to open the sunroof, climb up and look out. We shot it from a helicopter, and before we started I explained to Natalie that it would be noisy, scary and dangerous, and dust would be blasting at her, because for technical reasons to get the shot I had to use prime (not zoom) lenses, which needed the helicopter to be within 15 feet of her. I would initially start at 1200 feet, and dive down to 15 feet, and the inertia of the chopper stopping with all that speed built up was exhilarating to say the least. All she said was, ‘What do you mean dangerous? Terminal?’ I said, ‘Yes, but if the chopper does crash we go down together, because I’m in there shooting it.’ She then just said ‘OK.’ I did about seven takes at dusk, so pressure was on to get the shot in a limited time, and on every take little Natalie came out through the roof of the 4 X 4, acting her heart out with a huge grin as if she was just relaxing on a tropical beach. She really has cojones.

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Harrison Ford with stunt double Vic Armstrong on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

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London Comic Con Spring: 28th February - 1st - March 2026: Stunt legend Vic Armstrong swinging to Olympia

#LondonComicConSpring #VicArmstrong #StarWars #FanthaTracks Vic Armstrong is coming to London Comic Con Spring 2026.