How a business venture by four amputee actors ended up in a bitter High Court row - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
Amputees in Action’s speciality was for amputees to be blown up, battered and die from bloody injuries as they lost fake limbs - all in the name of scaring and thrilling film audiences. He lost the leg above his left knee in a motorcycle accident in 1993. Mr Tomlinson came up with the idea of a talent agency for amputees after he starred in the film Troy with Brad Pitt, which saw the film star chop off Mr Tomlinson’s false leg,... At the formation of the company in March 2004 was former RAF serviceman Olaf Jones, of Thetford and who had his left arm amputated above the elbow after crashing his motorbike in the Isle of Man TT race in 1997. Also involved in setting up the... The fourth member of the company that day in March 2004 and now the villain of the piece, following a High Court judgement, was John Pickup, who lost most of his right arm in an accident in 1986. All four friends had starred in films such as Troy... Source: www.edp24.co.uk
