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"Today, we tragically lost a member of our crew
while filming ‘Deadpool',” Reynolds, a native of Vancouver, said
in a message on his social media platforms.
Vancouver police confirmed the death on Monday of the stuntwoman
on the set of 20th Century Fox's superhero movie “Deadpool 2”
but gave no further details and did not release her name.
Local media said the woman appeared to lose control of the
motorbike, which drove off the set and through the window of a
building across the street.
The film is a sequel to the 2016 R-rated comedy “Deadpool,”
starring Reynolds as the foul-mouthed Marvel superhero Deadpool.
Movie studio 20th Century Fox, a unit of Twenty-First Century
Fox Inc., did not say whether production had been halted.
Spokesman Dan Berger said the studio was "deeply saddened by the
accident."
Reynolds said the cast and crew were "heartbroken, shocked and
devastated... but recognize nothing can come close to the grief
and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in
this moment. My heart pours out to them — along with each and
every person she touched in this world.”
The "Deadpool 2" death came one month after a stuntman died on
the Atlanta, Georgia set of AMC horror TV series "The Walking
Dead." John Bernecker, 33, died after hitting his head during a
stunt where he fell from a height of 20 feet to a concrete
floor.
Separately, Tom Cruise, known for doing most of his own stunts,
appeared to have been injured on the London set of his upcoming
spy action movie "Mission: Impossible 6."
Video emerged on Monday on celebrity news website TMZ showing
Cruise, 55, trying to jump onto the roof of a high-rise building
and landing hard against its wall. Moments later Cruise, who was
attached to a harness, limped off the set
Representatives for Cruise and movie studio Paramount Pictures
did not respond to queries about the incident or the nature of
the actor's injury.
(Reporting by Nicole Mordant in Vancouver and Piya Sinha-Roy in
Los Angeles; Editing by Andrew Hay)
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