“I was 19 when I made Taps, and my character loved
weapons. In one scene, I was firing a machine gun out a window, and I
looked down and there was a guy shooting back at me. This was my first
experience with stunts—and an expert marksman was aiming at me! I
didn’t want to look like I was dumb, but between takes I pulled
the guy aside and said, ‘Have you done this before? You’re
not going to shoot me, are you?’ I was terrified that my first big
part would be my last.”
February 2013