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body double

noun

  1. a person whose body is shown in a movie or TV show in substitution for a leading actor, especially in a nude scene.



body double

noun

  1. films a person who substitutes for a star for the filming of a scene that involves shots of the body rather than the face

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of body double1

1990–95
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He asks: "Where is the man who wrote these words? Was he replaced by a body double!?"

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"Was he replaced by a body double!?"

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While details of the casting decisions for HBO's show remain mostly under wraps, Flick Miles, who played Emma Watson's body double in the first three films, says she imagines the process would have been "relatively similar".

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Pedro was not actually there, it was the body double.

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A clumsy cut and a muscular body double made it clear the joke was on the audience: Madison wasn’t actually the one pole dancing.

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