Pretoria - A stuntwoman who suffered devastating injuries during the filming of the world-renowned science fiction action film Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, during a scene which was shot outside Pretoria, had instituted a claim for more than R40-million in damages against various stakeholders.
Olivia Jackson’s career as an actress and stuntwoman is now over, it was stated in papers before the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria.
She was known around the world as a stunt double for top actresses such as Charlize Theron.
She suffered a multitude of injuries, including head injuries, a punctured lung, facial injuries and an amputated finger when things went wrong during one of the action scenes.
The scene was shot on September 5, 2015 along the N4 extension near Pelindaba.
She was driving at high speed on a racing motorbike while being filmed by a camera fitted onto a mechanical crane. This was in turn fitted to a vehicle, which drove towards her while filming her from the front.
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