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(Reuters) At 94 years old, actor June Squibb had to convince filmmakers that she could do a lot of her own stunts in the action-packed comedy film Thelma, about a grandmother seeking revenge...
She did almost all of the motor scooter stunts and a physically demanding scene in an antique store...
The Magnolia Pictures film, directed by Josh Margolin, follows a grandmother named Thelma who goes on a stunt-filled rampage to seek revenge against telephone scammers who took $10,000 of her savings...
Margolin said Squibb channeled her inner Tom Cruise very effectively as she became more and more comfortable doing her own stunts as filming progressed...
We met before we started filming, we just developed a friendship and a kind of artistic kinship, so I was well aware of her magic, Hechinger said.. Coming from a career spanning from Broadway to film and television, Squibb has portrayed a diversity of roles throughout her decades-long career..
