Behind every great actor and actress who has ever filmed an adventure movie stands a stunt double, women and men with magical powers to make jumping out of a building, from vehicle to vehicle, or fight scenes like the one in Kill Bill look like a walk in the park.
No wonder these stunt doubles have long production careers as part of a star actor's "support crew," as they become quintessential in leading movie roles for years upon years. The fun thing is, being a double, they genuinely have to look like one.
So Bored Panda has compiled a curious compilation of famous movie stars standing side by side with their stunt doubles, looking like twins ready to conquer the big screen. And most of them already have!
So scroll down, upvote your favorite pairs and be sure to hit part 1 of this post with more actors captured on camera with their body doubles to prove that our lives have been a well-directed lie.
This post may include affiliate links.
The Rock And His Stunt Double On The Set Of Jumanji: The Next Level
"Me and my uce deuce the rock out of our element, like a couple of Polynesian mirages in the middle of the desert. Last day of shooting for our 2nd Jumanji movie. I’m always grateful for every job and the opportunity to do what I love with the people I love."
Bored Panda reached out to the legendary stunt coordinator Kurt Lott, a member of SAG/AFTRA, member of Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures, co-owner and CEO of Hollywood Stuntworks, and inventor of FIREGEL and NAKEDGEL stuntgels. He was happy to share some insights on this amazing profession.
A good stunt double starts from being a good stunt performer first off, Kurt told us. “Which requires consistent training physically and acting/performing wise. A good double will learn to move and have the mannerisms of their actor. A good double will learn to know their actors' abilities to communicate the action and how they should pad up if needed.”
Carrie Fisher & Her Stunt Double Tracey Eddon Sunbathing While Filming Star Wars: Return Of The
Clark Gregg And His Stunt Double Dane Farwell
Although stunt performing is something that has been captivating the imagination of many, few of us really know it works in practice. So when asked Kurt how they cast stunt doubles. “First we can ask the actor if they have someone they work with that has doubled them before. Otherwise we will have the actors' sizes, ethnicity, gender, and know the action in the script that will dictate abilities needed,” he explained.
Sophie Turner With Her Stunt Double
Tom Hardy With His Stunt Double On The Set Of Mad Max: Fury Road
“Stunt people have publications they can put their information on when stunt coordinators are looking for doubles. So this is another source for recruiting a double.”
It turns out that any bit of action in a movie requires a stunt double, Kurt said. “Not only for doubling but developing the action, be it pre-vis or testing certain stunts that can be choreographed for the actor to be able to perform safely.”
Lynda Carter With Her Wonder Woman Acting Double Jeannie Epper
I loved this series so much as a kid! Except the one we’re people were made of wax and melted.
Why Have One Thor When You Can Have Two? Chris Hemsworth's Equally Hot Stunt Double Shows Us How He Gets The Abs Of A God
Kurt himself grew up doing extreme sports, so by the time he walked on set, he was ready for anything, having had experience hang gliding, scuba diving, driving motocross, desert racing, drag racing (motorcycle and car), riding horses, and an engineering background. All of which was a natural transition into stunt work.
He easily tackled even the most extreme stunts like high falls, descender falls, car and motorcycle crashes, and being burned alive. No wonder he quickly transitioned to being a full-time stuntman.
My Bloodrider Kim Fardy. I Wish I Could Show The World What U Have Done For Me And This Movie
Karen Gillian And Her Stunt Doubles On The Set Of Jumanji
Today, Kurt coordinates, rigs and performs stunts in blockbuster movies, from Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides to Divergent to Titanic. He also holds the distinction of being the double who gets kicked out of a window in the action sequence at the end of Rush Hour 2—a 170-foot fall onto the roof of a taxi. Even Jackie Chan asked, how did you do that?
Melissa McBride And Her Stunt Double On The Set Of Walking Dead
Scarlett Johansson And Her Stunt Double Heidi Moneymaker On Their Last Day On Set After Working Together Since Iron Man 2
Reese Witherspoon And Her Stunt Double Marilee Lessley
No hating but why would she need a stunt double for? Aren't her movies comedies and dramas only?
Elijah Woods With His Scale Double Kiran Shah On The Set Of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
She's Been With Me Since The First Wonder Woman And I Know We Have A Long Future Together
She’s a mother, an athlete, and her movements are unlike anything I’ve seen before in a stunt performer. Thank you Stani for bringing your all, everyday and with such grace and kindness.
Game Of Thrones Epic Fight
Ken Stott And His Stunt Double Peter Dillon On The Set Of The Hobit
Ellie Kemper With Her Stunts On He Set Of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
So Much Credit To Casey, My Amazing Stunt Double On GOT. She Is Awesome
Throwing It Back To This Awesome Woman Who Convinced Me That Having A Child Was Not Only Completely Possible While Having A Career In The Entertainment Industry
But even better, it wasn’t her words so much as it was her own knowing of this, her grounded, strong, authentic female energy that spoke to my same energy that was buried inside waiting to be freed. Thank you one million times over sister!
Emma Watson With Her Stunt Doubles On The Set Of Harry Potter
The others are just Harry, Ron and Neville who drank polyjuice potion
Johnny Depp With His Stunt Double Tony Angelotti On The Set Of Pirates Of The Caribbean
He is so iconic, and even if you watch a blooper reel, he STILL STAYS IN CHARACTER! He is the best Captain Jack Sparrow and he will never be replaced. I refuse to watch any movies without him.
Zoe Saldana With Her Stunt Doubles On The Set Of Guardians Of The Galaxy
"We tested out Gamora masks for our stunt people to use. But, in addition to being horrifyingly scary, they seemed unwieldy. So we ditched them and went with straight up Green face paint on our stunties - or face replacement when necessary."
Sophia Di Martino And Gugu Mbatha-Raw With Their Stunt Doubles
Mena Massoud With His Stunt Double On The Set Of Aladdin
These two don’t look as alike as some of the others do. Although in a lot of the stunt scenes I remember you don’t see his face a whole lot.
Sir Ian McKellen, Along With His Stunt And Riding Doubles
Doing Stunts For Mrs. Angela Bassett
Awkwafina With Her Stunt Double On The Set Of Jumanji: The Next Level
"The real hero. My incredible and crazy talented stunt double @bgirlmislee. Thank u for making me look way cooler than I am, being a total inspiration, and making sure my crotch harness was adequately fit. Love you so much!"
Working With One Of My Favorites. Longtime Friend Joe Manganiello Always Makes Time On Set Fun And Professional! Thanks For Your Loyalty Bud
Talk About Double, Trouble. 2 Harley Quinn's. Could Be A Worse Situation To Be In
Tom Hardy And His Stunt Double Jake Tomuri
Margot Robbie And Her Stunt Double In Birds Of Prey
Monique Ganderton Was Charlize Theron's Stunt In Atomic Blonde
Back When I Doubled Sigourney Weaver On The Defenders In New York. Fun Times
And if Rebecca Hall or Annabeth Gish ever need a double, they know where to look.
The Terminator With His Stunt Double
Tom Hardy With His Stunt Double In The Survivor
What A Experience From Start To Finish! Cold Nights In Winterfell To Eating Donuts In Kings Landing. Very Proud To Have Been A Part Of This
Friend Just Finished Stunt Doubling For This Guy
Scarlett Johansson With Her Stunt Double On The Set Of The Avangers
The stunt double's clothes are looser. I bet it's so she could move easier. Which shows that the original costumes are actually not made for fighting.
Jenna Fischer Had A Stunt Double In The Company Picnic Episode
Apparently she wasn’t good at playing volleyball, also had restricted movements because of a previous injuries.
Game Of Thrones Stunt Doubles
Jim Carrey With His Stunt Double On The Set Of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Kurt Russell And His Stunt Double Dick Warlock 1980
Escape from New York is still one of my faveroute movies of all time.
Harrison Ford And His Stunt Double On The Set Of Indiana Jones
Mark Wahlberg And His Stunt Double On The Set Of Transformers: The Last Knight
"Transformers: The Last Knight is finally out! I'm so thankful to have been a part of this film. Thank you Mike Gunther and the entire company for this opportunity and thank you Mark Wahlberg and the entire film crew for being such a pleasure to work with."
Stunt double is hot! And probably a better actor because, well, Mark Wahlberg.
Sebastian Stan With His Stunt Double, John Nania
John Cena And His Stunt Double Spencer Thomas
Fighting Gorillas In The Legend Of Tarzan With Alexander Skarsgard. Plenty Of Coffee That Day
Seeing Double? Thank You For Being An Incredible Stunt Double! You Do Things That Scare The Hell Out Of Me
It’s Been Fun Hangin With This Lady Brie Larson
When You Don’t Check Your Outfit With Your Friend Before The Party
We Tried So Hard To Take A Cool Pic Together As Super Alex But It Just Got Sillier And Sillier. I Love You Lisa Chandler! I’m So Lucky To Have You By My Side
David Dastmalchian With His Stunt Double On The Set Of The Suicide Squad
Running, Jumping And Bullying Kids With This Little Cutie On Monday Night's Episode Of Preacher
Mike Moh Portraying Bruce Lee And His Stunt Double Bryan Cartago
Chris Hemsworth's Stunt Double In In The Heart Of The Sea
This stunt double looks he could also substitute for Liam Neeson.
Pom Klementieff With Her Stunt Double On The Set Of Guardians Of The Galaxy
Thank You For Allowing Me To Be A Part Of This Amazing Action Ensemble. I Got To Double The Lovely Marilyn And Fight Brie Larson
It Was Such A Pleasure And So Fun Being Anne Hathaway’s Stunt Double And Working In This Film With An Amazing Group Of Talented People
Double Trouble On The Set Of West World. Shoutout To Stunt Doubles Tara Macken (Maeve) And Katelyn Brooke (Dolores)
Hugh Jackman With His Stun Double On The Set Of X-Men: The Last Stand
The Good Guys Dress In Black, Remember That. It Was An Honor And A Privilege To Double The Talented And Lovely Tessa Thompson
Flash Back To The Set Of Sucker Punch. I Had A Blast On This Film Slashing Orcs And Stabbing The Dragon
Gal Gadot And I Working Together On Keeping Up With The Joneses
From The Final Day Of Filming Fear Street: 1666! Forever Grateful To The Talented, Genuine, And Kind Kiana Madeira
Zachary Levi And His Stunt Double Ryan Handley On The Set Of Shazam
Anthony Mackie With His Stunt Double Aaron Toney
Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates Is Out In Theaters, Always A Pleasure Doubling The Hilarious And Gorgeous Aubrey Plaza
Meeting One Of Your Heroes: Incredible. Getting To Double One Of Your Heroes And Finding Out They Are Every Bit As Kind And Awesome As They Are Bada*s: Priceless
Colin Farrell And His Stunt Double Rowley Irlam On The Set Of Alexander
I Had The Opportunity To Stunt Double Esai Morales On The Final Season Of How To Get Away With Murder
Such A Pleasure Stunt Doubling My Friend Alexis Louder For A Couple Months On The Tomorrow War
My Latest Work On 9-1-1 Season 3 It Was My Pleasure To Be Rumer Willis Stunt Double, She Is So Cool And Amazing
Doubling My Lovely Friend Ingrid On Hercules
A Big Pleasure To Be The Stunt Double Of Damson Idris In The Movie Farming By Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Luke Cage's Stunt Double, Guy Fernandez Jr.
Such A Pleasure And Honour To Stunt Double The Main Man Again. Not Only Did Lior Raz Smash All The Action, He Is One Of The Masterminds Behind The Series
We Hadn’t Taken Many Photos Together Through The Fear Street Shooting Journey, So On One Of Our Last Days On Set Together We Decided To Do Some Solid Emoji Twinning Photos
Looking Forward To Seeing Our Team Effort With Lauren Marykim, Who's The Best Stunt Double Guys
I Had The Incredible Opportunity To Stunt Double Brec Bassinger For The First Half Of The Season. It Was The Hardest Job I’ve Had Yet, But Definitely The Most Rewarding
When You Feel Like Beating Yourself Up! I Had The Honour Of Doubling Natasha Liubordizzo For Guns Akimbo
Shout Out To Meg Delacy! Working With This Incredibly Talented Fierce Lady Has Been Amazing
Focused Energy. John Travolta And His Stunt Double Nick Loren Planning Out An Action Sequence
Dolph Lundgren With His Stunt Double On The Set Of Arrow
The Action-Packed Dubai Tourism Campaign Trailer Is Out! Zac Efron, You Amazed Me With Your Fighting Skills! Proud To Have Been By Your Side On This One
Since I’m Celebrating My Stunt Doubles Today, Why Not Pull Out This Ol' Gem. My Stunt Double Ingrid Kleinig
I Got The Chance To Double The Man Himself Hosea Chanchez. Great Time With These Guys And Great Actors And Stunt Performers
Thank You Louise Linton For The Fun Times As Your Stunt Double
Behind The Scenes From The Fight Scene We Did On Blacklist Where I Was Stunt Double For Samar Navabi
Had The Honor And Privilege To Be Ice-T Stunt Double For Svu
All i can think of is Spaceballs! "You havent captured them! You've captured their stunt doubles!!"
A lot of funny scenes in that movie. Lord Dark Helmut: "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?" Alien punches through his chest, John Hurt says, "Oh, no! Not again!"
Load More Replies...
We need more description on who's who. I don't know most of these 'famous' people, so no way to know who's the stunt double.
All i can think of is Spaceballs! "You havent captured them! You've captured their stunt doubles!!"
A lot of funny scenes in that movie. Lord Dark Helmut: "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? CHICKEN?" Alien punches through his chest, John Hurt says, "Oh, no! Not again!"
Load More Replies... We need more description on who's who. I don't know most of these 'famous' people, so no way to know who's the stunt double.
