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Springer is like a stunt man put out front and center to take the punishment.

“This is a live show based on a movie, based on a TV show, based on a stunt man,” is one of the show’s punchlines.

Gosling plays a stunt man in “The Fall Guy,” which kicks off this year’s summer movie season in theaters on Friday.

He was a star who behaved like a stunt man, doing the dirty work, punishing his body, disappearing into the scrum.

Directed once again by Chad Stahelski, the one-time stunt man who has become a first-rate visual stylist and master of pacing over the years of directing “Wicks,” “Chapter 4” is dazzling.