Overview

• The video, titled “Would You Risk Dying For $500,000?,” was posted over the weekend and has drawn tens of millions of views as a short clip spread widely on X.
• The opening segment shows a professional stuntman tied to a chair inside a burning room, tasked with freeing himself and retrieving bags of cash.
• MrBeast says multiple stunt performers tested each challenge and that a pyro team, fire suppression systems, ventilation, and a kill switch were in place with firefighters and EMTs standing by.
• The participant, identified as a stuntman named Eric, completed the sequence apparently uninjured and left with $350,000.
• Online reaction has been sharply critical, with comparisons to Squid Game and warnings about copycat risks and platform policy; no new legal filings tied to this video have been reported, though a separate Beast Games class-action remains active.