1 million dollars: Why should the Fast & Furious saga pay off Cascade?

In July 2019, stuntman Joe Watts fell from 8 meters on the set of Fast & Furious 9. The latter fell from the balcony during the fight.

there BBC It states that during training, Joe Watts was supposed to throw Vin Diesel’s voice actor over his right shoulder, but during filming the stunt was changed and the victim went over his colleague’s left shoulder.

The safety line that was working on the first take, his vest came off on the second and Joe Watts fell to the ground and missed the safety mats. The cable was not tested between the sockets.

The stuntman suffered a fractured skull, brain damage and a shoulder injury and was in a coma for five days. According to his lawyers, he ends up “A series of cognitive and physical problems“requires specialist help and therapy. They describe his injuries as lacerations.”that changes lives“.

Joe Watts filed a lawsuit against the production, seeking $1.2 million in damages. Last June, the producers of Fast & Furious 9 admitted their responsibility.

“Therefore, liability is admitted in its entirety, and it is therefore recognized that he is entitled to such damages as the court may assess or the parties may agree upon.”“- it is mentioned in the defense report.

A fine of 920,000 euros

FF9 Pictures was recently ordered to pay a fine of £800,000 (€920,000 / $1 million) by Luton Magistrates’ Court after admitting to a stunt safety breach.

District Judge Talwinder Butar criticized the decision to change the stunt.at the last minute“without changing the position of the protective mattress and stated that Mr. Watts had”He is lucky to be alive“.

Joe Watts was an experienced stuntman and worked on Game Of Thrones, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Ready Player One.