Getting her start on the set of the 2014 blockbuster Divergent, stuntwoman April Sutton started off as a fitness enthusiast and a bodybuilder. When she decided to pursue her love of stunt work, she didn't let any setbacks get her down. When she got the offer to participate in a bootcamp, she took it — and it actually ended up being an audition for her first big movie.

"I killed that. I outran everybody," she said. "When they said, 'Do 50 pushups,' I did 100 pushups."

Listen to her tell the story of how she embraced opportunity in the video below:

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