"I'm Charlize Theron's stunt double - I married Liam Hemsworth's stuntman after meeting on set"
- 9 months ago
A woman ditched a career as a chef to become Charlize Theron's stunt double and fell in love with and married Liam Hemsworth's stuntman after meeting on set.
Aurelia Agel Howell, 25, has become one of the world's most sought-after stunt doubles - performing in Fast and Furious 10 and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
She started training at a culinary school at in Souillac, in the south of France, when she was 18.
However, after three years of training, she began working in a restaurant and realised it wasn't for her after the busy schedule left her with no time for her true passion - martial arts.
She stumbled across a summer school teaching the art of becoming a stunt double which piqued her interest.
Having mastered martial arts over 15 years to become a black belt in taekwondo, judo, karate, and American boxing - and even competing for France in the national Chinese boxing team - Aurelia felt she would be more than capable of handling the rigours of stunt acting.
She only trained in stunt acting for four months before landing her first job - a French film 'Anna' directed by Luc Besson - doubling as the main actress Sasha Luss.
Since then, she has been a stunt double for Charlize Theron in Fast and Furious 10, Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy and will star as Milla Jovovich's stunt double in The Lost Lands and Charlize Theron's double once again in The Old Guard 2.
She also met her partner, Justin Howell, 34, on the set the first series of Halo.
Justin was the stunt double for Chris Hemsworth in Thor and also featured in Avengers.
The couple - who married three months ago - now live in Toronto, Canada, though their jet setting lifestyle means they’re never in the same place for very long.
Aurelia, from Toulouse, France, said: “I tried out life at the stunt school for 15 days.
“After I had finished, I just thought: 'Oh my god, this is what I want to do.'
“I’m fighting, doing martial arts, doing high falls and fire scenes, it was amazing.
“It’s not easy to be with stunt person, but as we are both in the same line of work, we both know the challenges.
“It’s easy because you understand each other and each other's mad schedules.
“We make it work.”
Aurelia Agel Howell, 25, has become one of the world's most sought-after stunt doubles - performing in Fast and Furious 10 and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
She started training at a culinary school at in Souillac, in the south of France, when she was 18.
However, after three years of training, she began working in a restaurant and realised it wasn't for her after the busy schedule left her with no time for her true passion - martial arts.
She stumbled across a summer school teaching the art of becoming a stunt double which piqued her interest.
Having mastered martial arts over 15 years to become a black belt in taekwondo, judo, karate, and American boxing - and even competing for France in the national Chinese boxing team - Aurelia felt she would be more than capable of handling the rigours of stunt acting.
She only trained in stunt acting for four months before landing her first job - a French film 'Anna' directed by Luc Besson - doubling as the main actress Sasha Luss.
Since then, she has been a stunt double for Charlize Theron in Fast and Furious 10, Karen Gillan in Guardians of the Galaxy and will star as Milla Jovovich's stunt double in The Lost Lands and Charlize Theron's double once again in The Old Guard 2.
She also met her partner, Justin Howell, 34, on the set the first series of Halo.
Justin was the stunt double for Chris Hemsworth in Thor and also featured in Avengers.
The couple - who married three months ago - now live in Toronto, Canada, though their jet setting lifestyle means they’re never in the same place for very long.
Aurelia, from Toulouse, France, said: “I tried out life at the stunt school for 15 days.
“After I had finished, I just thought: 'Oh my god, this is what I want to do.'
“I’m fighting, doing martial arts, doing high falls and fire scenes, it was amazing.
“It’s not easy to be with stunt person, but as we are both in the same line of work, we both know the challenges.
“It’s easy because you understand each other and each other's mad schedules.
“We make it work.”