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body double

NOUN
stand-in for actor
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But Ms. Cusk has really used Ms. Portman as a body double, borrowing from the outline of her career to produce a generalized study of megacelebrity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Certainly being the body double for Todd helped sell Indy’s naturally loving performance.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

Pedro was not actually there, it was the body double.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025

And that she was most definitely not replaced by a body double named Melissa Vandella after dying more than 20 years ago.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

“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 "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko


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