CM Punk On What Stunt Coordinators Say When He Tells Them ‘I Fall Down For A Living’

CM Punk discusses how stunt coordinators have looked out for him on movie sets despite his main profession being stunt related.

Punk’s acting career has taken an uptick in activity over the past year, including Disney’s Zootopia 2 and the soon to be released Night Patrol. In both flicks, Punk would play a police officer, one animal and one vampire across the two movies. However, despite his experience in the world of pro wrestling, the stunt coordinator on Night Patrol kept Punk in check.

While speaking to Big Gold Belt media in a new interview, CM Punk spoke about being on the set of Night Patrol with Justin Long, when the stunt coordinator quelled their excitement about potentially doing their own stunts.

“When you do physical stuff on a movie set, there’s going to be stunt coordinators, there’s stunt men, and everything like that. Me and Justin were pretty excited to do stuff, then you’ve got the stunt coordinator stepping in. Everyone’s like ‘Well, we want to keep you guys safe.’ They don’t want to hear ‘Oh, I fall down for a living,’ they don’t care. They’re like ‘Well, we’re going to make sure that you don’t get hurt so you can continue falling down for a living.’”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Punk spoke about the social commentary present in Night Patrol. You can read more about that here.

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