{"id":2246928,"date":"2024-05-17T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devastated-chris-pratt-reacts-to-his-stunt-doubles-death-at-47\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T18:06:53","slug":"devastated-chris-pratt-reacts-to-his-stunt-doubles-death-at-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devastated-chris-pratt-reacts-to-his-stunt-doubles-death-at-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Expresses Deep Sadness Over Stunt Double&#8217;s Passing at 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdevastated-chris-pratt-reacts-to-his-stunt-doubles-death-at-47%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Chris\u2064 Pratt expressed his condolences on the unexpected passing of his stunt double, Tony McFarr, aged 47. \u2062McFarr tragically \u2063died on\u200c May 13 in Orlando,\u200c with the news first reported\u200d by TMZ\u2064 and later confirmed by Deadline and the\u200c Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home. Pratt, \u2064deeply affected by the loss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-sandler-and-more-hollywood-stars-react-to-comedian-joe-flahertys-death\/\" title=\"Celebrities Mourn the Loss of Comedian Joe Flaherty\">shared heartfelt memories<\/a> of their time together on movie sets and beyond. Actor Chris Pratt mourns the untimely death of his stunt double, Tony McFarr, \u200b47, who passed away on May 13 \u2063in Orlando. Initially reported by TMZ, the tragic news was later validated by Deadline and the Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home. Pratt emotionally reminisces about their close bond,\u200b cherishing their shared \u2062moments on \u200band off the movie sets.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Actor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chris-pratt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris Pratt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  expressed his sympathies after finding out about the death of his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stunt double<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tony McFarr, 47, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/death\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">died<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of undetermined causes on May 13 at his home outside Orlando, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/05\/tony-mcfarr-dead-1235919447\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deadline<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The story was originally reported by TMZ and then confirmed on the website of the Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home in Merritt Island, Florida. McFarr\u2019s mother said his death was unexpected, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pratt reacted to McFarr\u2019s death on his Instagram Stories. The 44-year-old star said he was \u201cdevastated to hear about the loss of my friend and former stunt double.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe did several movies together. We golfed, drank whiskey, smoked cigars, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-introduces-bill-to-restart-border-wall-construction-bolster-security\/\" title=\"House GOP Introduces Bill to Restart Border Wall Construction, Bolster Security\">spent endless hours<\/a> on set. I\u2019ll never forget his toughness,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-new-kind-of-child-abuse-rob-schneider-retweets-video-on-extreme-covid-measures-in-school\/\" title=\"\u2018A New Kind Of Child Abuse\u2019: Rob Schneider Retweets Video On Extreme COVID Measures In School\">actor shared<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McFarr started working as a stunt double in 2011. His credits include \u201cRock of Ages,\u201d \u201cTeen Wolf,\u201d \u201cThe Glades,\u201d \u201cBurn Notice,\u201d and \u201cThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also worked closely with Pratt, and fans noted the extraordinary physical resemblance between the two. McFarr was the stunt double for Pratt on \u201cJurassic World,\u201d \u201cPassengers,\u201d \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,\u201d and the 2018 \u201cJurassic World\u201d sequel, \u201cFallen Kingdom.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pratt and McFarr were friends for years. The Marvel actor posted photos with his stunt double on several occasions, including after filming \u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2\u201d in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHere\u2019s me and my stunt-man Tony McFarr (also Tommy Harper stunt coordinator and our first AD Lars Winther) on set. Been working with Tony since Jurassic World. Love you buddy! Happy wrap!\u201d Pratt captioned a photo of the two of them in costume.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716044149336000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1R_beQ58HLVtGwxqrVvmcp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHere\u2019s a better view,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BGvC6HcDHNt\/\">wrote<\/a> in a second post of the duo standing side by side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McFarr also doubled for actor Jon Hamm in the 2018 action comedy, \u201cTag.\u201d He had small acting roles in projects like \u201cOne Tree Hill,\u201d \u201cBurn Notice,\u201d \u201cArmy Wives,\u201d and \u201cMacGyver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Per Deadline, McFarr was a restaurant owner in Florida, with properties including Reel Bowls in Orlando and The Fit Kitchen. The Hollywood stuntman is survived by a daughter, his parents, and a sister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Chris Pratt offered heartfelt condolences upon learning of the passing of his stunt double, Tony McFarr, 47. McFarr, who passed away on May 13 at his residence near Orlando under unspecified circumstances, was mentioned in reports by TMZ and subsequently verified by the Wylie-Baxley Funeral Home in Merritt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2246929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Chris-Pratt-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Chris-Pratt-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}