Gabriel Basso performs his own stunts in ‘Nightman’

Gabriel Basso Whenever possible, he prefers to perform his own stunts.

“I think that could be misinterpreted as, I’m doing this because I want to say I can do it, but that’s not the case.” night agent star, 30, said during an appearance on Tuesday, January 14 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “For me, it’s about immersion for the audience.”

Basso stars in the Netflix series as FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who works as a nighttime phone operator at the White House. He told Fallon, 50, that while viewers were watching night agenthe hopes they find his performance credible.

“I don’t want the audience to be watching the show and then right when I’m about to get hit, get whipped on the hip or get thrown on my back, you know. I feel like that’s a lie,” the actor said. “I like acting, not lying.”

For Basso, he sees a “difference” in performing stunts for “audience immersion” and “for believability.”

“They like Peter [and] I think it’s important to see him get hit,” he explained. “If this requires me being thrown against a wall, that’s okay. It’s not the end of the world.

One of Basso’s stunts is skydiving – something he already does in his personal life.

“[Netflix] I came up with it as an idea and then I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve skydived. I’ll do it,” Basso said. “But then the insurance company called and said, ‘OK, stop it.'”

Fallon then showed a photo of Basso skydiving.

“I went skydiving in San Diego,” Basso said of the photo of him soaring through the air. “I regained my A-level certification”

The late-night host then realized he had Basso’s photo upside down in the air. Basso quipped that the photo of him in the sky “looks cooler from another angle” because his back appears to be facing the ground.

“I love that. It’s hard to do,” Fallon teased, before re-assuming the pose on her chair. “You really have to arch your back.”

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Last month, Basso made an epic jump from Netflix’s blimp during the Christmas Day football game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texas. Basso parachuted out of an airship in Houston. After completing the stunt, he later revealed the Season 2 trailer night agent dropped.

“It was so cool to see Houston from the airship. Definitely a memory! Basso told Netflix’s Tudum in December 2024.

night agent Season 2 will premiere on Netflix on Thursday, January 23rd.