stunt double
noun
: a person who takes an actor's place during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes for a movie or TV show
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The whip was constructed with a high tensile steel cable core terminated in loops at each end, engineered to secure both Ford and his stunt double, Terry Leonard, to the moving vehicle.
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India Brown, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
In the scene’s climax, Bullseye stunt double Brian Jansa falls from the rooftop on a descender and is blended into a CG version of the character that hits the concrete below with a wet smack.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
Yeah, that's Jackie's stunt double, Mars, on the first take that didn't go to plan.
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
The stunt team, stunt coordinator Thomas Place, Natasha’s stunt double Becca GT, and my personal stunt double Noelle Therese Mulligan, were so open.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
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India Brown, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
In the scene’s climax, Bullseye stunt double Brian Jansa falls from the rooftop on a descender and is blended into a CG version of the character that hits the concrete below with a wet smack.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
Yeah, that's Jackie's stunt double, Mars, on the first take that didn't go to plan.
—Joe Salas
june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2025
The stunt team, stunt coordinator Thomas Place, Natasha’s stunt double Becca GT, and my personal stunt double Noelle Therese Mulligan, were so open.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2025
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“Stunt double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunt%20double. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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