Gallery: World's Greatest Stuntman Revels in Daredevils' Changing Role
01Vic Armstrong as indiana jones
*Stuntman Vic Armstrong checks a rope bridge before film rolls during the making of* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*.*
02Vic Armstrong as indiana jones
*Dressed as Indy, Vic Armstrong lands on a precarious rope bridge. This image adorns the cover of Armstrong's book,*The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman*.*
03Vic Armstrong & Harrison Ford
*Harrison Ford and stuntman Vic Armstrong show off their strikingly similar handsome mugs. Ford thanks Armstrong for his hard work later.*
04Vic Armstrang as indiana jones
*Vic Armstrong delivers a sweet jump-kick to the chest of a movie villain.*
05Vic Armstrong SUPERMAN
*Vic Armstrong readies for the Man of Steel's next daring deed.*
06Vic Armstrong Superman truck
*Stuntman Vic Armstrong finds himself crashing through a truck in another heroic scene as Superman.*
07Vic Armstrong as Superman
*As Superman, Vic Armstrong saves Lois Lane from a long fall.*
08Vic Armstrong never say never again
*Trusting in his steed, Vic Armstrong rides into the sea in* Never Say Never Again*, a James Bond flick from 1983.*
09Vic Armstrong Never say Never Again
*Vic Armstrong and his stunt horse fall into the sea in* Never Say Never Again*.*
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