Another actor from Spider-Man films, Tom Holland is the most recent web-slinger, and thus never worked with Willem Defoe. Holland was only twenty-one when cast as Spider-Man – making his first appearance in Captain America: Civil War – and he continues to impress as this classic Marvel character.
He trained hard and is known for his excellent gymnastics skills, which allowed him to perform as Peter Parker and Spider-Man. This character is known for flipping, diving, and swinging everywhere, so it’s no surprise that the actor who plays him nowadays is ready to accumulate bruises in order to make the movies look authentic.
Harold Lloyd
The man who made death-defying comedy cool was one Harold Lloyd, who most famously hung from a clock tower in Never Weaken, a darkly comic film about a sweet young man. Watching Lloyd's films is like being at the carnival – you never know what to expect next, but it's sure to take your breath away.
Whether it's dangling several stories above bustling city streets or trying to win a woman, Keaton did everything with a moxie that may seem lacking in today's ultra-serious stars. With over two hundred acting credits to his name, Lloyd was another trailblazer when it came to stunts – they couldn't edit out a wire harness later on. If he slipped, he fell.
Gina Carano
A pretty common track for people to take is to move from sports into acting. Being in action movies requires good fitness, but it's nothing compared to being an athlete, so it allows aging athletes to keep working with the skills and performance they already have.
Gina Carano was a professional MMA fighter who decided to make the move and show her stuff on the big screen, first appearing in Haywire, a 2011 film that had created the character with Carano in mind. She also did her own stunts in the Marvel blockbuster Deadpool, playing a mutant named Angel Dust.
Zoe Bell
While Bell is a stuntwoman first and an actress second, she has plenty of acting credits to her name. She first made waves as a stuntwoman filling in for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill (both movies) and Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess.
Before too long, casting directors realized she had acting chops of her own, landing her roles in the web series Angel of Death as Eve. She's also appeared in a number of films by Quentin Tarantino, and she's turned into a star in a number of circles of the filmmaking industry. Don't get on this actress's bad side – she'll kick you through a wall.
Mila Kunis
While Mila Kunis isn't much of an action star, she had one role in particular that forced her into the prime of her physical fitness. When she took on the role of a ballerina in Black Swan, she not only trained with ballerinas but lost tons of weight, a total of twenty pounds, landing at a shocking ninety-five pounds by the time she filmed.
She learned all of the movements, and the movie succeeded because of it. Mila herself was shocked about the competitiveness: “I can't even put into words how competitive the ballet industry is.” Good thing she's in a movie about it!