THE FALL GUYS

They say that if you stare into the abyss for long enough, eventually the abyss stares right back. The truth, though, is that for most of our lives the majority of us never even glimpse mortal danger, much less face it down on a daily basis. But there are those that do. Men who, for whatever reason, have elected to make a living out of putting their bodies on the line.

“I tore some ligaments where the ribs attach to the sternum and I couldn’t breathe. I had to say, ‘Can I have a minute?’”

TAKING LICKS

For Adrian McGaw, absorbing high-impact punishment is simply part of his nine-to-five (not that the working hours of a stunt performer are ever that simple). Taking heavy hits are so ingrained into his lifestyle that his ‘wedding gift’ from Tom Cruise was getting thrown through a stained-glass window during the filming of an action scene for 2017’s The Mummy.

For most of us, getting hurled through a glass