10 Incredible Movie Scenes You Won't Believe Weren't Faked

5. Zoe Bell Really Surfed A Car Bonnet - Death Proof

Zoe Bell Death Proof
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Though the likes of Tom Cruise, Daniel Craig and particularly Jackie Chan like to do as many of their own stunts as possible - no doubt much to the delight of the studios who have to insure them - none of them ever really put themselves in TOTAL danger.

That sort of thing is limited to the genuine stunt performers. Or Zoe Bell, who has pivoted out of full-time stunt-work to become an actress (though she still doubled for Cate Blanchett as Hela on Thor: Ragnarok) and who gets to blur the lines between stunt performing and normal performing.

That means we get incredible sequences like the ones in Death Proof that could have killed her. Quentin Tarantino had hired her in order to be able to get up close for stunts without using a double, so it's really her being rag-dolled around on the bonnet of a car moving at over 50 miles-per-hour. Sure, she had a safety harness, but it's still stunning.

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