rastafari said:
seagal is not the only actor who uses a double lot just watch blade and see wesley snipes stunt double in that...he is busy and also in league of gentlemen with sean connery theres a fight which is seans stunt double...i think seagal is fine to uses doubles as long as its not all the time it does not bother me much...what bothers me is crappy fx which spoil films(out for a kill and ticker)thats why i hate them nothing to do with stunt doubles.
Hi rastafari.
I have no real issue against actors using stunt doubles per se, because there is a lot of stunts/manouvers in these action films that mere actors are not really capable of performing. One thing I don't really like is when they get a stunt performer who is does not even resemble the actor they are doubling. I'll give you two examples of this-:
* Roger Moore in "A View To A Kill"
* Arnold Schwarzenegger in "True Lies"
In regards to "A View To A Kill" just watch the car chase in Paris when Roger is driving a blue Renault rather dangerously with no regard for other road users; the guy doubling him is way shorter and has lighter coloured hair. At least the person doubling him in the fight with Christopher Walken at the end, on top the Golden Gate Bridge looks halfway like him. The same goes for Arnie in "True Lies", just watch the fight in the public toilets with the Arabs; the stunt double who looks nothing like Arnie does most of the fight.
One thing which really does get up my nose however is when a trained fighter/martial artist like Steven Seagal uses doubles for fight scenes. I don't care if he uses them for chases or high falls or even for running but I hate when someone else does his fights. At the end of the day the main reason I watch him and became interested in his films was because of his unique fighting ability. He was not showy; just quick brutal and effective, he is really one of few actors who convinced me that he could handle himself in a proper fight.
Other than that I don't have an issue with stunt doubles.
Peace.
MMCK2