Angela Bassett is in fantastic physical shape. Therefore, you would think that she does her own stunts. The actress does some of them, but she does not do the ones that include driving.
She told The Real hosts why she opts not to do them. It all started when she took her first road test and failed for backing up too fast. The final nail in that coffin is when she was filming a scene for the movie Strange Days. That is because she drove into a telephone pole. How did she miss it? She explained, “I am backing up, looking behind, but I am going forward.” Thus, she has a stunt driver who does all of her driving scenes.
The moral of this story is not, what can’t Angela Bassett do. It is if you see her in a car driving, then get to safety. If not, then you might need to call 9-1-1, and I am not talking about her show. Joking, she is probably a driver than most of us. At least when the camera is not on her.
