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. 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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