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Ryan Reynolds Leads Moment Of Silence For Stuntwoman Joi Harris On 'Deadpool 2'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 17 Aug, 2017 12:34 PM
    VANCOUVER — "Deadpool 2" star Ryan Reynolds and director David Leitch led a moment of silence on the film's set Wednesday to honour the stuntwoman killed in a crash during production earlier this week.
     
     
    Filming for the Marvel Comics superhero film resumed 48 hours after Joi (SJ) Harris died on the set in downtown Vancouver on Monday.
     
     
    A grainy video posted on TMZ's website Wednesday showed a group, identified as the "Deadpool 2" crew and Vancouver-born Reynolds, bowing their heads in a moment of silence.
     
     
    Witnesses said Harris appeared to lose control of her motorcycle while filming outside the Vancouver Convention Centre and crashed through a ground floor window of a nearby office building.
     
     
    The BC Coroners Service said she died at the scene.
     
     
    The 40-year-old New York resident described herself on her website as the "first licensed African-American woman in U.S. history to actively compete in (American Motorcyclist Association) sanctioned, motorcycle road racing events."
     
     
    Her friends described her as a pioneering motorcycle road racer who lived her life to the fullest.
     
     
     
    "She was fearless and relentless in her pursuit of her dream, to ride as a motorsports professional," said a statement posted on Harris's Facebook page Tuesday.
     
     
    "She was living her dream, when her life was suddenly cut short while filming as a stunt rider. She will be dearly missed by her race fans all over the world."
     
     
    'DEADPOOL 2' PRODUCTION RESUMES IN VANCOUVER AFTER STUNTWOMAN'S DEATH
     
     
    Production on the movie "Deadpool 2" appears to have resumed in Vancouver, two days after a stuntwoman was killed in a motorcycle accident on set.
     
     
     
    Crew members were back at work on Wednesday on an elaborate set underneath the Granville Street bridge, which includes multiple wrecked cars.
     
    Photos posted by observers to social media appeared to show actor Ryan Reynolds arriving for work in the morning, clad in the black-and-red outfit worn by the superhero Deadpool.
     
    20th Century Fox did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.
     
    The coroner's service and provincial workplace safety agency WorkSafe BC are investigating after 40-year-old Joi (SJ) Harris died performing a motorcycle stunt for the film on Monday.
     
    Witnesses said she appeared to lose control of the bike and crashed into the ground-floor glass window of an office building.

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