Heather Thomas talks working on set of 'The Fall Guy' and reveals why she thinks stunt people are still under appreciated.
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00:00 What did you think when you heard they were making a film out of this?
00:04 I said it's about time.
00:07 You know, it's been 40 years.
00:10 I'm like geriatric.
00:11 I'm happy I can walk the red carpet at this point.
00:16 What was it like being on set that day?
00:19 On what?
00:20 On set that day.
00:22 Everybody was lovely and it was so much fun.
00:26 I got to work with Hannah Waddington and Lee, who I see every now and then.
00:32 The director is a doll.
00:34 His wife Kelly is fantastic.
00:37 Why do you think stunt people are still so underappreciated?
00:41 Underappreciated?
00:43 The stunt people you mean?
00:45 Because nobody has ever featured them.
00:49 We were the last show to feature them.
00:53 The risks they take, the training they have to go into, and the real life hits they take.
01:00 I mean, it's a lot of wear and tear on the body.
01:03 And they are so skilled and so brilliant and we couldn't make movies without them.
01:07 - Yeah.
01:08 - All right.
01:09 - Thank you so much.
01:10 - Thank you. - Congrats.