Actor, 94, Does Her Own Stunts in Film 'Thelma'

2024-06-22

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  • Actor June Squibb is the star of Thelma, a new action-comedy about a grandmother seeking revenge.
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  • Her part in the film required many physically demanding actions, called stunts.
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  • Even though she is 94 years old, Squibb was able to complete many of the stunts herself.
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  • These included scenes where she had to repeatedly fall, as well as drive a motor scooter during a chase scene.
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  • Squibb said she knew what she was getting into before she accepted the part, or role.
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  • She told Reuters news service, "It was great fun, and I came into it having read the script and deciding, 'Well, I think I could do that.'"
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  • Thelma is about a grandmother who seeks revenge against telephone scammers.
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  • These phone criminals stole $10,000 of her savings.
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  • But the movie shows the scammers chose the wrong grandmother to cross.
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  • Squibb demonstrates Thelma's revengeful ways by performing numerous stunts.
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  • Most actors - even ones more than half her age - do not complete their own stunts.
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  • So, she had to persuade filmmakers that she could perform them effectively and safely.
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  • Josh Margolin directed the film for Magnolia Pictures.
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  • He noted that one movie star who is known for doing his own stunts is Tom Cruise.
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  • He said that in Thelma, he saw Squibb successfully channel her "inner Tom Cruise."
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  • Squibb noted she became more and more comfortable doing her own stunts as filming progressed, saying, "I got more crazy about it."
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  • She added that while she may be in her 90s, she still feels 35.
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  • Squibb's level of energy was not surprising to Fred Hechinger, who plays her grandson in the film.
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  • He said, "We met before we started filming, we just developed a friendship and a kind of artistic kinship, so I was well aware of her magic."
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  • Squibb has played many different roles throughout her long movie career.
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  • She has also acted in plays on Broadway as well as in television shows.
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  • She was nominated for an Academy Award as best supporting actress for the 2013 film Nebraska.
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  • While the film is a comedy, Margolin said it also shows how many scammers target older people.
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  • It even happened to his own grandmother.
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  • Margolin said his grandmother received the same kind of money scam phone call as Thelma.
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  • And just like in the film, his family quickly became concerned.
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  • "And then luckily in real life," Margolin said, "we were able to step in before she sent the money."
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  • He added, "The things she's doing are fictionalized but the character is still very drawn from a lot of elements of my real grandma."
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  • Margolin said real-life moments and details were included in the film to demonstrate the real risk of such scams.
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  • The film currently has a 99 percent rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes.
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  • And many film critics have particularly praised Squibb's performance.
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  • For Squibb, it is especially important that women around her age can see the movie.
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  • She said, "We have been at screenings, and especially older women are seeing it and coming out just glowing. They just are enjoying it so much."
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  • One woman even showed Squibb what she would do if she had a scooter.
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  • "She went through the whole thing of riding a scooter for us. I just think that's wonderful. I'm so proud of that, that someone can see it and it can give them such joy," Squibb added.
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  • Thelma arrives in U.S. theaters June 21.
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  • I'm Anna Matteo.