I’ve always had a love for classic films, and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) has long been one of my favorites. In the movie’s famous archery competition scene, one of Robin Hood’s challengers is Elwyn the Welshman. This character is played by Howard Hill, the archer who actually made the shot that split an arrow in half. Whenever an actor in this movie is shot by an arrow (it actually happens several times), the archer is always Howard Hill. There was no way to simulate arrows piercing people without the end result looking like a cheap fake. So, Howard really SHOT live stuntmen. Under their costumes, they wore heavy padding beneath steel plates overlaid with balsa wood. Howard had to hit the stuntmen exactly where the protection was, and he NEVER missed. Each stuntman was paid $150 per arrow. Remember that next time you think you have a crappy job. At least no one’s shooting at you.
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