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body double

NOUN
stand-in for actor
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“My mom was a body double for Taylor Swift. I won a drawing contest in third grade. I once ate a plastic SpongeBob SquarePants.”

From Literature

Seven people vote that the body double for Taylor Swift is the lie.

From Literature

“Wait! Your mom was a body double for Taylor Swift? Get out of here,” Carmen says.

From Literature

He was hired to be a body double for Pole To Pole, a National Geographic series where Will Smith journeys across seven continent in 100 days.

From BBC

“It was Mariah Carey’s music video for ‘Honey,’ and it said, ‘This video is directed by Paul Hunter. The location is Puerto Rico. This is an extra. This is a body double,’ ” said Flores, who added, “And it clicked in my brain, ‘Oh, this is something that people create’ … and that’s where my interest really peaked in a more professional way.”

From Los Angeles Times