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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David Prowse, who played Darth Vader on screen, was reported to have held the item onscreen alongside his stunt double Bob Anderson.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Per the complaint, LaBella was hired as the stunt double for actor Ella Hunt in the movie, and that Hunt negotiated a mandatory intimacy coordinator for all nude or intimate scenes.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Season 4’s murder victim was Jane Lynch’s Sazz Pataki, the former stunt double and dear friend of Steve Martin’s TV star Charles-Haden Savage.
—Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
In addition to O'Neill, Yankees players Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Danny Tartabull and manager Buck Showalter also appeared on the series, while a stunt double was used for Steinbrenner, who was voiced by co-creator Larry David.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Per the complaint, LaBella was hired as the stunt double for actor Ella Hunt in the movie, and that Hunt negotiated a mandatory intimacy coordinator for all nude or intimate scenes.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Season 4’s murder victim was Jane Lynch’s Sazz Pataki, the former stunt double and dear friend of Steve Martin’s TV star Charles-Haden Savage.
—Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
In addition to O'Neill, Yankees players Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Danny Tartabull and manager Buck Showalter also appeared on the series, while a stunt double was used for Steinbrenner, who was voiced by co-creator Larry David.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Stunt double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stunt%20double. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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