'Thelma' star June Squibb left crew 'scared to death' with unexpected stunt

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The 94-year-old plays a grandma who hunts down a phone scammer that swindled her out of $10,000 while riding a motorized scooter.

Thelma star June Squibb revealed the unexpected stunt she performed that left her fellow cast and crew members 'scared to death.'Squibb plays the titular Thelma in the action comedy, which follows a grandma determined to hunt down a phone swindler who scammed her out of $10,000.The 94-year-old performed her own stunts, many of which involved a motorized scooter.In one scene, Thelma collides with fellow senior Ben—played by Shaft! star Richard Roundtree—while riding her scooter.

''The moment made it into the film, but how did Roundtree feel about the surprise hit and run?'Richard looked at me like, 'What are you doing?' He didn't know I was going to do it. I didn't tell him,' Squibb said. 'He was being filmed, so he reacted.

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