--- title: Watch This Expert Archer Perform Amazing Stunts Too Epic for Hollywood description: Lars Andersen has spent years honing his archery skills to levels only seen on medieval battlefields. canonical: https://time.com/3683600/archery-lars-andersen-stunts-hollywood/ author: Charlie Campbell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-27T08:34:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:16.646Z og:title: Watch This Archer Split a Moving Arrow og:description: Just like Kevin Costner in 'Robin Hood.' 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This video shows the 50-year-old firing at moving targets, from moving targets, using his feet, spearing soft-drink cans, hitting the ring-pulls from soft-drink cans, and much more besides. He can even catch an arrow fired at him and shoot it back in one swift movement. To capture his grand finale — splitting a moving arrow — took years of preparation and 14 takes. The trick, he says, is to hit the target arrow just behind the head so that the shafts fluctuate against each other, splitting the bamboo (while not flinching at the thought of impending death, of course). “The arrow fired at me was not fired with a very powerful bow, though it was definitely dangerous enough,” says Lars in a statement. “I hope to try it again using a proper high-speed camera.” Give it your best shot, Lars! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683600/archery-lars-andersen-stunts-hollywood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683600/archery-lars-andersen-stunts-hollywood/"},"headline":"Watch This Incredible Archer Split an Arrow Fired Right at Him","datePublished":"2015-01-27T08:34:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:16.646Z","description":"Just like Kevin Costner in Robin Hood. 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