By Syndicated Content
May 6, 2021 | 5:21 AM
LE CATEAU-CAMBRESIS, France (Reuters) â Valeriane Michelini trained as a dancer before opting to tap into the growing demand for stuntwomen and a career of jumping out of helicopters, leaping from buildings and brawling.
Michelini is one of a growing number of women passing through the Campus Univers Cascade (CUC), which bills itself as the worldâs biggest stunt school, and looking to break into European cinema and Hollywood as a stunt double.
âIâm used to thriving in a graceful and feminine world,â the 29-year-old said between rounds of simulated fights. âAnd now, Iâm in quite the opposite.â