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Zoe Bell

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 17, 1978

Having been a stunt girl for so long, a big part of my job, when being a stunt double, was to not just make the other person look as cool as they could, but also to act as support.

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I'm basically klutzy.

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I definitely don't feel like I'm watching ballet during 'Raze.'

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I don't know, I'm still a little bit like, when you blend CGI well with real life, it's impressive, but if you remove real life completely, I still get pulled out of the movie a bit.

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I would love to do a comedy, and I think physical comedy is something I probably have a knack on.

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Neverending Story' was one movie I did see when I was a kid. On the little island I grew up on, they put up a sheet in the town hall.

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Gore, like blood and guts and stuff, I am fine. Suspense, I get super sensitive. I can't handle it.

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I'm not immune to a lack of confidence or the recognition that I haven't asked for what I deserve or stated what I want.

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Actors always ask their directors what their motivation is in this scene or that scene, so I've always had this joke where I ask the director what my motivation is too. As a stunt person your motivation is usually to fall over a bench or something.

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I was injured at the end of 'Kill Bill.' I hit the ground, instead of hitting the mat, pretty hard and busted my ribs and had to have surgery. I was being blown out of a trailer in a harness and actually landed on my coordinator instead - who broke my fall a little! My arm smacked into the ground and obliterated one of the ligaments.

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When I worked on 'Xena' I had to concentrate on fighting like Lucy Lawless. In 'Kill Bill' I not only had to stop fighting like Lucy, after three years of copying her moves, but start fighting like a Wu Shu martial artist. I'd never done Wu Shu before so mentally it was a massive challenge.

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I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'

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I grew up on an island without TV.

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I never was fanatical about films when I was younger.

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Favorites' questions are my least liked questions because I've never been any good at favorites.

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I love the 'Lethal Weapon' movies.

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I'm not fighting to be treated like a dude. I don't want to be treated like a man. I want to be treated as a talented stunt-person, or I want to be treated as an intelligent person.

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I've always had a fascination with gymnastics, since I was a kid. It was the one thing at the Olympics that I would be like, 'Mom can I stay up late to watch gymnastics?'

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I think I want to produce action movies.

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I really love being a part of the creative process. I love having an opinion that gets heard, and then it's all up for discussion.

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