Metallica has released a second music video for “Too Far Gone?”, from the album 72 Seasons (2023). This new version features Brazilian skateboarder Felipe Nunes .
In the video, directed by Coan “Buddy” Nichols , footage of the skater appears interspersed with clips from a Metallica concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on August 6th. Watch the video at the end of this article.
Nunes caught the band's attention with his story, which has been inspiring people around the world for some time. When he was six years old, he suffered an accident while playing on a train track and lost both his legs.
Since then, the skater has participated in the most important skateboarding competitions around the world and was even elected Skater of the Year at an award ceremony by the Brazilian Skateboarding Confederation (CBSK). The Brazilian is considered one of the great names in skateboarding, even by Tony Hawk , an icon of the sport.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Brazil , the skater reflected on the images used in the music video: “In the video, we used several images from my personal archive to really show how I evolved in skateboarding with the tricks, but there's a lot of never-before-seen footage in São Paulo, of me skating through the city streets. It was really cool, it was a different feeling to skate knowing it would be for the Metallica video.”
Nunes revealed that he spoke with the members of Metallica via video call and discussed the similarities between the song's lyrics and his own story. “The song represents pushing boundaries and doing something that is seen as impossible. They said I would fit perfectly into the context, and it worked out perfectly. I think it will sink in next year when Davison and I are on their stage on some tour, because they invited us.”
“Nowadays I admire them much more, because they saw that my story can inspire more people around the world. I lost both my legs at the age of six, but I didn't give up on my dream of being a skateboarder, and I hope that more people can believe that anything is possible,” he said.
