Scott Leva
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| Born | May 29, 1958 |
| Occupation | Stuntman, stunt coordinator, gymnast |
Scott Leva (born May 29, 1958) is an award winning stuntman and stunt coordinator who began his career as a gymnast and entered stuntwork in the 1970s.
In 1985, Scott was tapped by Cannon Films & Joseph Zito (who was the 2nd director to replace Tobe Hooper as being the first for Spider-Man) to play both Spider-Man and Peter Parker in their adaptation of the comics, He was also the actor on the first photographic cover of a Spider-Man comic book, appearing as Peter Parker, half-way in costume, on The Amazing Spider-Man, #262 (cover date March 1985).
After a friend died doing a high fall, Scott started to tinker with the standard airbags used by stunt performers and eventually designed an airbag with a different structure. The older airbags had a tendency to throw a stunt performer if they didn't hit the bag perfectly, the new bag uses a different arrangements of air bladders and a less slippery top layer to help the performer to stay on the bag. He was awarded a Science and Technical Oscar for this design.
Stunts or Stunt Coordinator
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Director
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