{"id":40940,"date":"2022-03-21T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=40940"},"modified":"2022-03-26T07:50:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T07:50:16","slug":"catching-up-with-hannah-betts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/catching-up-with-hannah-betts\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up with Hannah Betts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hannah has surely the coolest job in the world \u2013 she works in Hollywood making stunts for the world’s biggest movie stars. She\u2019s recently finished a 4-month role as Sandra Bullock\u2019s stunt double<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah Betts \u2013 Stuntwoman and World Champion athlete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What do Sandra Bullock, Tom Holland, Daniel Radcliffe, Mark Wahlberg, Brad Pitt, Channing Tatum and Antonio Banderas have in common? They are all relevant with big movies this spring. And they have been helped to look good by skydivers. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah is one of the industry’s best stunt workers and has worked hard to establish herself in a relatively short space of time. Kjetil Nordin of Frittfall magazine interviewed Hannah, asking about her latest exciting project\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah Betts, Sandra Bullock’s stunt double<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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British-American Hannah Betts 
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Hannah Betts has been Sandra Bullock’s personal stunt double, in the film “The Lost City”, which premieres in March. This movie also stars Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt. Hannah was a skydiver before she became a stuntwoman. Her parachuting career became her entrance ticket to the stunt profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah has a rich stunt career. She has been one of the Zombies who got to taste Michonne’s Katana, in “The Walking Dead”. She’s had superpowers in the Marvel universe. She has literally mastered all the elements, with stunts in free fall, underwater, on land, and in flames. She has starred in Jurassic World, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ant-Man, Agents of Shield, and Ad Astra. And now she is relevant as Sandra Bullock’s personal stunt double, in the film “The Lost City”, which premi\u00e8res late March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excerpt from “The Walking Dead” Season 5, Episode 8
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Hannah Betts lives in Los Angeles, but is still rural. She has found a little paradise in the countryside, still close to the city. Here she lives with her husband Travis Fienhage, who is a former world champion in Freefly, for the USA. She has two donkeys and two horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannah is a trained police officer, and worked as a police officer in England. When she started skydiving, the thought of a stunt career began to surface. But she was captivated by the sport, and prioritized all her time and all her money to become the best possible in 4-way. The dream of a stunt career had to take a back seat to her dream of becoming a world champion. In 2008, Hannah succeeded in becoming world champion in FS4 for women, for UK with the team Bodyflight Storm. They won by an average of 20, one point ahead of the United States, in a competition that only had 6 rounds due to weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video, World Championships 2008, Bodyflight Storm from UK<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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