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So I Married A… StuntwomanIn our first entry to our So I Married A... series, Darius Jakubik tells us what it's like being married to Kiera Knightly's stuntdouble (Orlando Bloom kiss included).
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Darius Jakubik was immediately turned on by his wife’s profession when he first met her. He thought she was attractive, of course, but knowing that Lisa Hoyle spent her days doing spine-tingling stunts drove him over the edge. "I thought it was pretty hot," recalls Darius, 36. "It intrigued me…I actually stole her headshot out of her car." Doing films like the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and National Treasure, Lisa, 35, has worked up a sweat playing Kiera Knightley’s stuntdouble.
Married five and a half years ago, Darius knows that it’s a great thing to have a spouse that loves her job. "Not too many people get the opportunity to wake up every day and be stoked about going to work, and she is," says Darius. "Most people go to work and they do things over and over again. Hers changes—not just the movie—but what she’s going to do in the movie."
But all of those electrifying on-screen stunts can come at a price. Darius says that one of the major challenges of being married to a stuntwoman at the top of her game is the extensive travel. "Early on, she wasn’t away a lot, but in the last few years, she’s been on location a lot [more]," he says. "It took some getting used to—I stayed home with our daughter and pretty much became Mr. Mom when she was working on Pirates and National Treasure."
While working on Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3, Lisa was on location in the Bahamas for almost three months—a time that was hard for the whole family. The remoteness of the islands made cell service unavailable. Darius and their 12-year-old daughter Sierra missed Lisa terribly and the family got creative about communication. They used a computer phone, Skype, to talk and hooked up web cams. "Lisa was missing Sierra so much, it really helped to have a camera so she could see her," says Darius. "I took pictures and sent them back and forth—so the computer really helped." Darius and Sierra have also been able to visit Lisa on location—staying 1-2 weeks when they can.
Traveling is one difficulty, but doing death-defying stunts is always fraught with risk. The danger of Lisa being injured is never far from Darius’ mind. "You always think about that. I don’t think anybody could tell their spouse, ‘hey, I’m going to jump off of a 3-story building today’ and they leave the house and it doesn’t drift through your mind," he says. "I’ve been on set when she got hurt—not real bad, but she took some stitches in her head. Luckily, she’s been pretty injury-free." Darius takes comfort in his wife’s talent and ability and the fact that Lisa is not a reckless daredevil. It also helps to know that on some days she’s just filming a barfight stunt scene—which is not usually as dangerous. It’s when he hears Lisa’s doing a 10-story fall that Darius can get a little edgy.
Still, Lisa coming home with bumps and bruises hasn’t deterred their daughter from the stunt business—at 12, Darius notes that she’s already an aspiring stuntwoman like her mom. Of course, that could be in part due to Lisa’s passion for her work, her ever-changing days or… getting to kiss Orlando Bloom. It might not be as fun for Darius knowing that his wife spends her days hanging with Bloom and heartthrob Johnny Depp on set, but he takes it in stride. "It’s a get of jail free—she’s doing a sequence right now where she’s doubling Kiera where [she and Orlando] end up kissing. And I was like ‘aha, so you just kissed Orlando,’" he laughs, "I was like, ‘well that’s a part of your job—you work the long hours and once in a while you get a cool perk.’ So it’s all good—it’s all part of the job."
Darius, himself in the mortgage business, has a blast watching his wife’s work up on the big screen. "The funny part is you’re not supposed to see her face… because it’s supposed to be believable that the actor is doing that type of stuff," says Darius, "But I can always tell. Especially when we watch the DVDs—we always freeze-frame it, and we’re usually 99 percent right that it’s her. Nobody else can tell, but we can."
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Married five and a half years ago, Darius knows that it’s a great thing to have a spouse that loves her job. "Not too many people get the opportunity to wake up every day and be stoked about going to work, and she is," says Darius. "Most people go to work and they do things over and over again. Hers changes—not just the movie—but what she’s going to do in the movie."
But all of those electrifying on-screen stunts can come at a price. Darius says that one of the major challenges of being married to a stuntwoman at the top of her game is the extensive travel. "Early on, she wasn’t away a lot, but in the last few years, she’s been on location a lot [more]," he says. "It took some getting used to—I stayed home with our daughter and pretty much became Mr. Mom when she was working on Pirates and National Treasure."
While working on Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3, Lisa was on location in the Bahamas for almost three months—a time that was hard for the whole family. The remoteness of the islands made cell service unavailable. Darius and their 12-year-old daughter Sierra missed Lisa terribly and the family got creative about communication. They used a computer phone, Skype, to talk and hooked up web cams. "Lisa was missing Sierra so much, it really helped to have a camera so she could see her," says Darius. "I took pictures and sent them back and forth—so the computer really helped." Darius and Sierra have also been able to visit Lisa on location—staying 1-2 weeks when they can.
Traveling is one difficulty, but doing death-defying stunts is always fraught with risk. The danger of Lisa being injured is never far from Darius’ mind. "You always think about that. I don’t think anybody could tell their spouse, ‘hey, I’m going to jump off of a 3-story building today’ and they leave the house and it doesn’t drift through your mind," he says. "I’ve been on set when she got hurt—not real bad, but she took some stitches in her head. Luckily, she’s been pretty injury-free." Darius takes comfort in his wife’s talent and ability and the fact that Lisa is not a reckless daredevil. It also helps to know that on some days she’s just filming a barfight stunt scene—which is not usually as dangerous. It’s when he hears Lisa’s doing a 10-story fall that Darius can get a little edgy.Still, Lisa coming home with bumps and bruises hasn’t deterred their daughter from the stunt business—at 12, Darius notes that she’s already an aspiring stuntwoman like her mom. Of course, that could be in part due to Lisa’s passion for her work, her ever-changing days or… getting to kiss Orlando Bloom. It might not be as fun for Darius knowing that his wife spends her days hanging with Bloom and heartthrob Johnny Depp on set, but he takes it in stride. "It’s a get of jail free—she’s doing a sequence right now where she’s doubling Kiera where [she and Orlando] end up kissing. And I was like ‘aha, so you just kissed Orlando,’" he laughs, "I was like, ‘well that’s a part of your job—you work the long hours and once in a while you get a cool perk.’ So it’s all good—it’s all part of the job."
Darius, himself in the mortgage business, has a blast watching his wife’s work up on the big screen. "The funny part is you’re not supposed to see her face… because it’s supposed to be believable that the actor is doing that type of stuff," says Darius, "But I can always tell. Especially when we watch the DVDs—we always freeze-frame it, and we’re usually 99 percent right that it’s her. Nobody else can tell, but we can."RELATED STORIES
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