The stuntman His work area often pushed the limits I ve got no problem with rollovers Even so Erich Glavitza the man who said this is now 77 years old The Austrian s work was often that of a daredevil but never suicidal In his book Vollgas oder nix Meine wilden 60er mit Jochen Rindt James Bond und Steve McQueen Flat out or not at all my wild 60s with Jochen Rindt James Bond and Steve McQueen all rounder Glavitza describes his wildest rides and most unusual jobs In the James Bond movie On Her Majesty s Secret Service he also did the stunts for Bond Girl Diana Rigg No problem for him Actually I only had to put on a fur hat Even though he worked with no holds barred in various movies he doesn t call himself a real stuntman To be honest he says he only did on the set what he d been doing all along driving cars The man who has a PhD in philosophy started racing cars in his youth and later motocross as well Plus he worked as a driving instructor However he also founded a company Stunt Limited together with a partner Peter Huber and worked on the set of Le Mans the race driver movie which the lead Steve McQueen produced himself in 1970 He was looking for someone who was able to crash realistically says Glavitza who had this kind of skill You have to drive with precision down to an inch for this Discipline he says is essential to high precision driving Glavitza who also did the stunts for McQueen s opponent Siegfried Rauch adds Of course that was dangerous We went full speed There was no such thing as slow turns and slow motion Rolling over crashing into walls you do things like that when you re young and dumb This is how much the famous ice race in the 007 movie On Her Majesty s Secret Service cost which Glavitza choreographed 5 of the movie s total costs injuries Glavitza was never hurt in any of his stunts or auto races In motocross he once cracked a cervical vertebra and in ice hockey was hit in the eye by a puck which caused the retina to separate Both injuries healed well 300 000 0 His motto Flat out or not at all For his movie lead and producer Steve McQueen pictured below left was looking for a stuntman who was good at crashing Glavitza pictured below right and above 21 Global

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