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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For the lead-in, which has Daredevil doing a rope swing from a rooftop, Silvera and Daredevil stunt double Jason Mello were raised on a lift three-and-a-half stories in the air outside the bar.
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
LaBella was hired as a stunt double for Horizon 2's lead actress, Ella Hunt, under a SAG agreement, per the complaint.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 28 May 2025
The prop work never aspires to Jackie Chan levels of comic mayhem, but — with the help of stunt double and trainer Cara Marie Chooljian — de Armas uses every resource at her disposal to become a convincingly dangerous tornado of death.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
This extends to LaBella, who is a third-party beneficiary of this stipulation as her stunt double.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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Todd Longwell, Variety, 10 June 2025
LaBella was hired as a stunt double for Horizon 2's lead actress, Ella Hunt, under a SAG agreement, per the complaint.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 28 May 2025
The prop work never aspires to Jackie Chan levels of comic mayhem, but — with the help of stunt double and trainer Cara Marie Chooljian — de Armas uses every resource at her disposal to become a convincingly dangerous tornado of death.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 June 2025
This extends to LaBella, who is a third-party beneficiary of this stipulation as her stunt double.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stunt double
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“Stunt double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunt%20double. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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