Double (cinema)

Double risk scenes

In film productions, a double is a person who stands in for an actor in scenes that the latter cannot or does not wish to perform (due to certain reasons). There are different types of doubles: action for risk scenes; nudes for when the actor does not have the body that the director wants or the actor does not want to show his; photo doubles with similar bodies and sometimes faces to be able to film distant shots without the actor having to be present; and complex skills such as playing musical instruments or dancing.

Stunts

A stuntman or stunt double is a person who replaces an actor in a scene of action that is difficult or dangerous for the actor to execute. It's an important role in any action movie.

In the XXI century, the demands of the action genre are quite high and require greater preparation and specialization from its performers, thus forming a new concept in the training of specialists in action scenes.

Prior to the adoption of computer-applied effects, many film visual effects were impossible to achieve without the use of stunt performers who risked their lives in dangerous scenes, such as jumping out of a moving car or walking on a ledge. higher than a skyscraper. Some actors like Buster Keaton have done their own stunts. At the end of the 20th century, however, the use of stuntmen was greatly reduced by film producers turning to cheaper and safer options, mainly using digital effects.

Some actors perform stunts themselves, for example Jackie Chan and Jason Statham. In large productions, star actors tend to learn several of the skills, this to give more realism and involve the viewer with the character.

Featured Stunts

• Lee Majors, he's the first specialist in this discipline and then he becomes a leading actor.
• Vic Armstrong.
• Cyril Raffaelli, specialist in acrobatics and martial arts.
• Stig Günther, possessor of the world record of height loss.
• Jean-Pierre Goy, motorcycle specialist.
• Alexander Inshakov.
• Alain Petit.
• Tai Chung Kim, Bruce Lee's bent.
• Zoë Bell.