Mad Max and Furiosa star dies at age 85 in tragic automobile accident
Australian Mad Max stunt man Grant Page has died in a automobile accident.
The 85-year-old display legend was driving alone close to his dwelling in Kendall on the mid-north coast of New South Wales on Thursday when he hit a tree.
His son Leroy Page instructed Daily Mail Australia that ambulance and police had been on the scene inside minutes. No additional particulars of the accident have been launched.
Leroy, 49, described his father as a ‘legend’ and stated the tragic accident got here at a time when Grant was planning for brand new tasks.
‘He died in very excessive spirits and he was very motivated. He was very pleased.’
World well-known Australian ‘Mad Max ‘ stunt man Grant Page has died in a automobile accident. The 85-year-old display legend was driving alone close to his dwelling on the mid-north coast of New South Wales on Thursday when he hit a tree. Pictured: Grant Page
Grant Page was a pioneer of Australia’s golden age of cinema within the Seventies.
His lengthy record of credit embody such action-oriented movies as Mad Max (1979), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Man from Hong Kong (1975) and Roadgames (1981).
Page additionally had a secondary profession as an actor and starred in Deathcheaters (1976) and Stunt Rock (1978).
Pictured: Grant Page in a scene from Stunt Rock (1978).
Page lately labored on George Miller’s movies Three Thousand Years of Longing and the Mad Max prequel Furiosa as a stunt performer.
His very long time pal and former supervisor Brian Trenchard-Smith posted a touching tribute to Page on his weblog on Thursday.
‘Grant Page was Australia’s pioneer stunt performer and my pal for fifty-two years,’ Trenchard-Smith shared.
Pictured: A Grant Page stunt scene in Mad Max (1979).
‘I’ll miss him terribly. He was an inspiring man, who lived uncompromisingly.
‘Most individuals settle for that age weighs upon us, gravity holds us down, loss of life awaits us if we dare an excessive amount of. Not essentially, stated Grant, as he efficiently tampered with the legal guidelines of physics and likelihood.’
In the documentary movie Not Quite Hollywood, Trenchard-Smith summed up Page’s extraordinary talent and daring.
‘He’s the man you get to dodge the vehicles, slide down the cliff on hearth, soar into the water and combat the shark.’
Known for extraordinary capability to stage eye-popping stunts with autos, Page was famed for a trick referred to as the ‘switch’.
Page lately labored on George Miller’s movies Three Thousand Years of Longing and the Mad Max prequel Furiosa (star Anja Taylor-Joy pictured) as a stunt performer
This entailed Page climbing out the window of 1 automobile into one other automobile travelling aspect by aspect at excessive pace.
He was additionally well-known for leaping off cliffs on hearth and his capability to resist being ‘hit’ by a fast paced car.
Page was survived by his 4 sons Adrian, 52, Jeremy, 51, Leroy, 49, Gulliver, 47, ex-wife Joy and former accomplice Ulli.
Grant was referred to as ‘indestructable’ within the movie world.
