Gabriel Basso performs his own stunts in The Night Agent

Gabriel Basso He prefers to do his own stunts whenever possible.

“I think that can be misunderstood in the world of like, I’m doing it because I want to say I can do it, and it’s not really about that.” Night agent The 30-year-old star said during an appearance on Tuesday, January 14 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “For me it’s about immersing myself in the audience.”

Basso stars in the Netflix series as FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who works in the White House as a night phone operator. When the audience watches it, Fallon, 50, said Night agentHe wants them to feel that his performance is believable.

“I don’t want the audience to watch the show, and right afterward I’m about to get hit or hip thrown or thrown on my back, you know. I feel like it’s a lie,” the actor said. “I enjoy acting, and I don’t like lying.”

For Basu, he believes there is a “difference” when it comes to performing stunts to “immerse the audience” and “for believability.”

“They love Peter (and) watching him take hits is important, I feel that,” he explained. “And if that requires me to throw myself against a wall, so be it. It’s not the end of the world.”

One trick That was on the table for Basso was skydiving, which he already does in his personal life.

“(Netflix) pitched it as an idea and then I said, ‘I’ve already done a skydive. “I will do it,” Basso said. “But then the insurance company called and said, ‘Yes, stop that.’”

Fallon then showed a photo of Basso skydiving.

“I went down to Skydive San Diego,” Basso explained of the image of himself levitating. “I got my Class A recertification.”

Then the late-night host realized he was holding Basu’s photo upside down in the air. Basso quipped that his image in the sky “looked cooler the other way” as his back was apparently facing the ground.

“I love that. That’s a hard thing to do,” Fallon joked before reenacting the pose in his chair. “You really have to arch your back.”

Last month, Basso made an epic leap from a Netflix balloon during the Christmas Day football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. Basso parachuted from the balloon in Houston. After completing the task, he later revealed the trailer for the second season of Night agent decreased.

“It was great to see Houston from the balloon. Definitely a memory!” Basu said Todom Netflix In December 2024.

Night agent Season 2 premieres on Netflix on Thursday, January 23.