77 percent of readers agree with Helen Mirren — give out stunt Oscars!

As usual, Helen Mirren is right.

The Oscar winner recently voiced her dismay at the lack of stunt recognition at the Oscars, and 77 percent of our readers agreed there should be little golden statues for stunt work.“How is stunt work any different than the sound or art direction of a movie?” user vbresd wrote.

“It’s integral to a film, as much as the actor or the director.

They should have one for stunt direction, at the least.”Sign Up for Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictionsAfter having “begged” to be in “Red” and “The Fate of the Furious,” Mirren got a front-row seat at the “extraordinary” work stunt performers do.

“There really should be an Oscar for stunt work,” she told the U.K.’s Female First.

“These guys are incredible and they’re so careful and so professional.

And they’re artists.

They do amazing things.

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