1975–1979 After they met in Mammoth, Terry Leonard asked Rossall if he wanted to work on
The Wind and the Lion in
Spain. Rossall agreed and got along with the director
John Milius after discovering he surfed in
Malibu. The next project for Milius was writing a script for
Francis Ford Coppola. Rossall got involved after Leonard was signed on as the
stunt coordinator. sequence as the most dangerous. He was the lookout for himself and three other stuntmen. It was an expensive shot in which Rossall injured his shoulder, hit is head and caught on fire. He claimed that working with Coppola was inviting and that each day after filming, he would play
racquetball with
Robert Duvall who he also tried to teach how to surf. Rossall was on the film set for over 6 months, involved in 5 of the 6 crucial stunts and worked on every major action sequence.
1986–1998 While filming
Cobra, Rossall was doubling as a bad guy driver. While doing a test run, he was supposed stop a van 30 feet away from actress
Brigitte Nielsen. His foot got tangled in some cables that had fallen from the dashboard and he braked too late. When the van stopped, it was 25 feet over its mark, a near fatal stunt that almost killed Nielsen. During the actual take, Rossall hit cement at 20 miles per hour, cracking his sternum and breaking his passenger's back.
2006: ''Movin' Too Fast'' Rossall produced the action film ''Movin' Too Fast'' written and directed by Eric Chambers. The film was completed in 2006 with Artist View Entertainment and starred Layla Alexander, Marquita Terry and
Matthew Glave. at the
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2008–2013 Rossall met actor
Don Handfield at a gas station after noticing Handfield's car had a camera mounted to it. He was later brought into Handfield's directorial project ''Driver's Ed'' as Second Unit Director. It was then pitched to
Broken Lizard as a web series, but was eventually released as a television deal.
Justified On February 3, 2011, Rossall was the stunt coordinator while filming an episode of the TV show
Justified. At approximately 1:30 a.m., stunt performer Lisa Hoyle was knocked unconscious when a parked car rolled over her ankle after being hit by another car. She and another stunt performer said they were never informed that the car they were near would be involved in the stunt. She claimed she was getting food during the meeting in which the stunt was being explained. On February 1, 2013, Hoyle filed a lawsuit against
Sony Pictures in which she says the incident wrecked her body and ruined her marriage. Rossall and Hoyle's husband, now divorced, were among the defendants in the case. Rossall had also organized a phone meeting about the stunt, but both performers allegedly were not informed of that call.When I find that I'm afraid before performing any stunt, it tells me that further preparation is necessary. It is listed as one of the 100 Best Zombie Movies, Ranked by
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