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Stuntwoman Andrea Kinsky gives us a rundown on what it's like to keep yourself safe onset.
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00:00Three, two, one.
00:01Yeah.
00:02Okay.
00:03So that's what they do.
00:04They call it reactions.
00:05So you sell it.
00:06My name is Andrea Kinski and I'm a Hollywood stuntwoman.
00:11I've worked on big movies like Carrie,
00:13Sister of the Traveling Pants, Fantastic Four.
00:17It's really important to maintain your fitness
00:19and also keep your body the same size
00:22of the actresses that you're asked to double.
00:24So one time I was told that my thighs were a little bit bigger
00:27than the actress but I was the smallest stunt double
00:30that the stunt coordinator had seen so I got the job.
00:33So instead of me going like this,
00:34if we turn like this,
00:36it looks like I'm hitting her but I'm actually not.
00:39And when we do hard hits and we're flying through the wall
00:42or flying in the air on a wire
00:44or you're going to be hitting the ground,
00:45we have what's called a hard pad and you put it on,
00:49your spine is completely protected and I've worn this a lot.
00:54So the celebrity, the actresses that I've worked with
00:56a few times are Pamela Anderson,
00:58Tori Spelling I've doubled a few times,
01:00Alexis Bledel.
01:01The hardest stuns that I've had to do
01:03are the ones where I'm not in control.
01:05Sitting in a car when the driver's going 100 miles an hour,
01:08going around hairpin turns on a mountain road,
01:11to me that's the most challenging.
01:13So we'll go three, two, one.
01:16Being a stuntwoman in Hollywood is amazing.
01:19I find that if you're confident and prepared,
01:21then the level of respect is equal.
01:24Good job!
01:25Thank you so much for watching.
01:27I feel like a pro already.
01:28You look like one.
01:29You look like two sides of the Ferrari oil.
01:29But, you know,iqu
01:29without standpoint, we've
01:29got another pattern for people though. We invite