Definition of body double
: a double who takes the place of an actor especially in scenes calling for nudity
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The film was eventually completed with a mix of script rewrites, body doubles, existing footage of Lee and an early form of the digital trickery used by Framestore on Hepburn.
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Even his body double was big, but like Shaq still was bigger than him.
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The crew goes to some extreme measures: costumes, booby traps, body doubles and fake-outs escalate during Jerry’s wedding weekend.
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Ritter shot his side of the scenes with a body double, while Nélisse was kept away from even listening to what was happening on set.
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Yet, controversially, and in a decision that inspired some Sundance walkouts, the film does feature scenes of Bill raping Jenny (a disclaimer informs us that an adult body double was used for these scenes).
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And said body double wore a rubber mask OF HARRY'S FACE?
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One is destined to be a body double for logistics operations.
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With talking-head input from directors, editors, sound technicians, movie historians, movie geeks, Guillermo del Toro, Janet Leigh’s body double, and Leigh’s daughter Jamie Lee Curtis, this is a frightfully fun 90-minute film class.
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First Known Use of body double
1981
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Definition of body double for English Language Learners
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: a person who takes an actor's place in a movie or television show for certain scenes (such as sex scenes)
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