You're there, but we don't know you're there. KEVIN POLOWY: As you say in the film, you're so used to being the guy that we don't see.
#Did eddie braun make the jump professional#
You know, I was fortunate at 17-years-old to enter the film business as a professional stuntman, then it became clear to me what it was and what I wanted to do. All I knew is I wanted to be like Evel Knievel. KEVIN POLOWY: That was the moment you decided, I want to be a stuntman.ĮDDIE BRAUN: I really didn't know what a stuntman was. And all the way to the hospital, I couldn't have been happier because I was like Evel Knievel. My first injury, as a kid- after meeting Evel Knievel I tried to jump my Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle over trash cans and I ate it and broke my arm. I had a lunchbox that I would take to school and every day I'd sit and eat my lunch and look at the pictures on the lunchbox. He was like a superhero rock star from Mars incarnate. And in the '70s, everybody wanted to be Evel Knievel. How did he come into your life and then influence you on your career path?ĮDDIE BRAUN: I met him as a child. KEVIN POLOWY: Let's start with the beginning of your journey, both professionally and also what ultimately led to this new film "Stuntman," and that is Evel Knievel. Video transcriptĮDDIE BRAUN: I'm the face you never see. Stuntman Eddie Braun talks about the time Charlie Sheen gave him 1 million to stop stunting.
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