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Acutally a stunt man was hurt pretty bad during that unrolling scene. The only on camera-type serious accident I might add, and it happened during a rehearsal. He got unrolling very fast and his legs spread apart from centrifugal forces and ripped the tendons behind his package rather badly. We took him to the hospital and after an MRI, they discovered he'd nicked his Femoral artery. Several months later he was back at work. When we did the scene later we had a simple solution, we tied his ankles together so his legs couldn't spread apart (different stuntman). If you look real closely, you'll see his legs are together, and then there not at the end of the unroll, a little digital magic. I'm out of the office for the next few days, I'll try and post some on how we did that gag when I get back.

Unfortunately, my name doesn't appear on credits ever, a sore point. The reason is that I work for Disney Corporate, not the production company itself. The production is a corporation called "Second Mate Productions" we technically "buy" the finished product from that corporation. We can't have Disney employees names on the credits for something we supposedly don't own. Its the same issue with my colleagues at the other studios. Sometimes you'll see titles like "Stunt Safety" or Dive Safety Officer", but they are members of the shooting crew.
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