Stuntman Burned at the Stake

During filming of a television series I was in, a stuntman was used to film a scene of a priest being burned at the stake. The other camera you see in the frame is the stuntman's camera that I was also using to film for him.
The stuntman thought he would be able to last for about 10 seconds with the flames around him but as you will see he lasted a lot longer. Because he needed to have his face protected completely he was jumping off the top of the burning logs absolutely blind. It was an amazing experience and didn't look anywhere as good as this when it was actually screened on the TV.
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Entertainment

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• Stuntman
• Priest
• Burning
• Burned
• Stake
• Fireball

[TVWriterGuy]

With today's technology, I have to wonder why we can't have animated figures doing these dangerous stunts.

[d1rksmith]

@TVWriterGuy BBC budgets I suppose. I also don't think you would get the same response from the crowd because seeing that happening in front of your eyes was very shocking.

[titnut4]

What was your role in the filming?

[d1rksmith]

@titnut4 My son was in this scene as one of the peasants and the stuntman asked me to video his scene. In the series I was one of the Queens soldiers and a Londoner giving verbal abuse at two of the beheadings.

[hahohihe888]

How did they protect his face ?

[d1rksmith]

The stuntman is actually wearing a fireproof mould of the actors face and has bandages wrapped underneath. When he leaps off at the end he cannot see what he is leaping to as his eyes are fully protected. There were several rehearsals before they lit the fires so he could gauge the distance to jump correctly.

[6spongey98]

That guy has got balls. He deserves a hell lot of money!

[elbannaboy]

i have to admit i was absolutely shocked when i saw this video. frickin AWESOME!!!

[jackass123455]

@Samuel115s flame retarded suit and fullfaced eyeless mask. i also presume the used this flame retardent gel i saw a demo of it on a stargate dvd i think. either way for most if not all of the stunt the flame never came in direct contact with the stuntman.

[zakaria888]

@d1rksmith nice

[UofLCardFan08]

Very interesting!

[slamartist]

thats what i call a nice full body burn....wow....great job guys....!

[ToliveAnimations]

How the f*** did he get away with that?

[Samuel115s]

what the hell how they do that with out him getting burnt or even being killed

[WhatK8yBethdid]

I clapped at the end :D he is awesome

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

What is burned at the steak mean?

Is it mean you are burned until you resemble steak?

[marlonVideoKing]

die ammis sind doch verrückt -.-'

[TVWriterGuy]

It is shocking on film, so I can imagine how shocking in person. Thanks for posting it. I work in the industry but I intentionally stay away from the set.

I am a devout BBC fan from Los Angeles.