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Actors virtually at all times want a stunt double, and Candace Cameron Bure proved this whereas recalling a virtually deadly incident whereas engaged on the set of Fuller Home. The 48-year-old actress sat down together with her former co-stars Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber for his or her podcast “How Impolite, Tanneritos!” and defined how a zipper lining stunt went horribly awry.
Whereas declaring that her character, D.J. Tanner, wished to finish an American Ninja Warrior course in the lounge, Candace described how she “virtually died.”
“I went by the course, and on the finish, I zip lined diagonally the size of the lounge, after which I landed on a platform,” Candace mentioned through the April 18 podcast episode. “However throughout rehearsal, the rig was not arrange accurately, and there was no security cease on the tip of it.”
The unique Full Home solid member added, “Once I landed off the zip line and stopped, the entire mechanism — which is all steel and really, very heavy — slid proper off the monitor and got here proper subsequent to my head inside an inch. … If I simply even shifted my weight the tiniest bit, it could have most likely damaged my neck and landed proper on high of my head.”
Consequently, Candace identified, “The stunt man was fired. And [director] Mark [Cendrowski]’s like, ‘We’re not doing this stunt. Like, redo the entire set, as a result of we’re not doing that stunt anymore.’”
Candace’s co-star Scott Weinger — who portrayed D.J.’s longtime love curiosity, Steve — witnessed the terrifying second and “couldn’t even get a phrase out as a result of it occurred inside one second,” she defined.
Regardless of how “traumatic” the stunt incident was for her, Candace emphasised how a lot she cherished engaged on the spinoff sequence.
Fuller Home got here to an finish in 2020 following 5 seasons. Because the present was profitable, followers have expressed curiosity in one other spinoff. Nevertheless, authentic sequence solid member Bob Saget died in 2022, leaving the destiny of the present unknown.
Final 12 months, Jodie, 42, solely revealed to Hollywood Life that one other Full Home sequence isn’t off the desk, however with out Bob, one other mission seemingly wouldn’t be the “identical.”
“I might at all times depart that door open [to work on another show], however I’ll say that I believe now with out Bob — that’s been … on all of our minds is like, wouldn’t it ever be the identical with out, with out Danny Tanner?” Jodie informed Hollywood Life in December 2023. “So, we’ll see. However I’ll by no means say that I wouldn’t play Stephanie [again].”