Engleski B - 2022. jesen, reading 3.

Award Winning Stuntman

Everybody loves a good action movie. The amazing tricks and adrenaline-pumping action scenes are mesmerizing, mainly because many of us couldn’t imagine doing them. Many actors don’t want to risk their necks for these show-stopping stunts, either. Instead, movies often rely on stuntmen to make sure the movie is action-packed.
Alejandro Garcia, with over 300 movies to his credit, has earned recognition as one of the industry’s top stuntmen. His parents were poor immigrants. Alejandro was born in 1982, and a year later they decided to leave New Mexico. And a year after that they went to seek their fortune in Los Angeles. His twin sisters were born two years later and they all made brilliant careers in the movie business, even his much younger brother Enrique.
In the beginning, Alejandro’s parents didn’t support his childhood dream to become an actor. So, after graduating from school he considered becoming a baker. However, it was clear to everybody that he was destined for more exciting things, so he started working as a lifeguard. Soon, he was offered a small role in an action movie and moved to Hollywood. The stuntman on the set got sick and Alejandro performed the stunt himself. From then on, his career took a new turn.
This eight-time winner of the Taurus World Stunt Award has worked with many brilliant directors, who helped him develop both personally and professionally. And he’s made a fortune, too. Back in the early 2000s, when he started out, a daily rate was \$600. Nowadays, however, top stuntmen like Alejandro get paid up to \$5000, depending on the stunt. But the average is \$1000 a day for a beginner.
During the course of his career Alejandro ended up in hospital many times. He broke 56 bones, including his back, dislocated a shoulder three times, knocked out several teeth and punctured a lung, which almost cost him his life. Still, he didn’t give up.