Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You go with the original plan and jump together.
You like the way it was written and you don't want this movie to bomb on your account. The two of you decide to do the jump together.
It works OK as you go through the window. As you fall through the air with your co-worker, you know it will be a great scene.
But your fellow stunt performer isn't experienced with mid-air turns, especially while holding on to another person. You end up landing on the edge of the mattress.
Landing underneath you, your partner gets a strained neck and a broken wrist. You bounce off and hit the ground, giving yourself a concussion.
The movie hires other stunt people and finishes the film without you. You're in bed for a week recovering. Safety might have paid off in the long run.
"It was such a small landing area that we thought there were several things that could go wrong," says stuntwoman Gidget Churchill. She was in a similar situation. "Safety is always the number one priority."
Churchill points out that these decisions are a result of teamwork. "The director tells you what they want, the stunt coordinator tells the director what they can get, and then the coordinator and performers come up with the actual scene."