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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Knight

The secret lives of six body doubles: ‘They wanted Julia Roberts to have curvier legs’

The image shows two couples posing the same image – standing back to back, the woman holding the man's tie over his shoulder – from the Pretty Woman poster
Left, Shelley Michelle and Richard Gere’s body double posing for the Pretty Woman poster; right, Gere and Roberts. Composite: Courtesy of Shelley Michelle

Most of us are familiar with the idea of stunt doubles in film and television. But there are plenty of other doubles working in the industry, too – for when an actor doesn’t want to do an intimate scene, for example, or doesn’t have the skills required to show their character playing an instrument or driving a car. Here, six body doubles talk about their secret lives on screen.

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