Pratt's 'Jurassic' stunt double raised on Merritt Island

What a Jurassic coincidence!

Tony McFarr grew up on Merritt Island and attended Divine Mercy Catholic School (back in the day). Now? He's doing dangerous stunts for billion-dollar blockbusters, most recently playing Chris Pratt's body double in the record-breaking "Jurassic World."

Pratt stars in the dinosaur action-adventure film as Owen, a raptor-whisperer of sorts, who battles Indominous rex and other prehistoric creatures.

Last week's box office champ set a record with its $208.8 million opening weekend, beating the previous record-holder "The Avengers" with its $207.4 million opening in 2012.

According to his bio on Internet movie database, IMDB.com, McFarr also worked on "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1" and "Furious 7" with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. His Facebook profile lists him as an Atlanta resident.

In his movie profile, there's a selfie photo of McFarr wearing jeans, a gray shirt and brown leather vest — just like Pratt — and a picture of McFarr and Pratt together on the set of "Jurassic World."

His other projects include "The Walking Dead," "The Vampire Diaries" and "Resurrection."

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