MS Trust attends stuntman Rocky Taylor's film premiere!

15 July 2011

Author: MS Trust

Legendary British stuntman, Rocky Taylor, is supporting Remember A Charity's 2011 campaign to raise awareness of the importance of gifts in wills to the survival of UK charities.

As a member of Remember A Charity , the MS Trust was invited to attend the launch of the campaign, the premiere of a film about Rocky's life which was held at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square on Tuesday.

Rocky, aged 64 surprised the crowd waiting outside by bursting through the glass doors of the cinema! Guests were then invited in to see the film of Rocky's life which showed some of his famous stunts from films including Titanic, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter and Pirates of The Caribbean. Far from retiring, he is currently juggling his role with Remember A Charity with filming the sequel to Clash of The Titans. He was also the first Honey Monster in the popular TV ads, taught Cliff Richard Judo for a film role and has been involved in the production of all 22 Bond movies.

Rocky then answered questions from the audience telling them that he had followed in his father's footsteps as a stuntman and that having a very good stunt co-ordinator was key to staying alive!

As a stuntman, Rocky knows all too well the importance of having a will, and after taking care of loved ones, has included a gift to his favourite charities. Rocky hopes to attract thousands of online viewers to watch him recreate a stunt which went wrong and nearly killed him whilst filing Death Wish 3 in 1985. Rocky will be doing this famous stunt once again at Battersea Power Station on the 2nd August in the hope that it will encourage people to consider leaving a gift in their will to charity.

MS Trust supporters and the general public can follow Rocky's campaign on Facebook and can even vote on the size of the flames for the stunt!

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