Fast & Furious filmmakers fined £800,000 after stuntman injured in fall

A judge believes Joe Watts is lucky to be alive after the "astonishing" failures by the filmmakers. The makers of a Fast & Furious film have been fined £800,000 after a stuntman suffered brain damage during a staged fight scene.

Joe Watts was also left with a broken skull after he fell 25ft (8m) head-first on to the concrete ground.

The incident took place during the filming of Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga at Warner Brothers' studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, in July 2019.

A judge said Mr Watts was "fortunate to be alive". During a stunt fight scene on a balcony, his safety line detached as he was thrown over the shoulder of another performer.