Like much about the film industry, there is a glamorous side - often body doubles have their own trailers and are paid hundreds of pounds a day for intimacy scenes.
In the past I found it hard to have a relationship because insecure men didn’t like what I was doing When standing in for Liz Hurley, as Queen Helena in The Royals, Kerri says, ‘I didn’t eat anything on set at all because she’s so tiny’. ‘Before I got the job, I’d been asked to send photos of every inch of my body to casting directors - shoulders, legs, everything.’īody doubles must also watch their weight like a hawk - a large part of the job is to be as slim and fit as the actresses. She wasn’t required to be totally naked on set, but did have to send very revealing naked pictures before casting. It can happen, so the cushion is a block for comfort and personal space.’ ‘We had an “intimacy cushion” between our most private parts, just in case the actor couldn’t control himself. ‘Suddenly you’re in bed, joking that our relationship was moving fast for a first date.’ The filming of these scenes relies on taped-up privates, beige underwear and other ‘barriers’, she explains. ‘For Princess Isabel of Gloucester’s sex scenes, I had to lie in a bed covered in furs with the male body double I’d met just ten minutes before,’ she says. ‘There’s a huge turnover in the industry - that’s the case with all roles on film sets - and it wasn’t always encouraged for people to speak up about long hours or inappropriate behaviour.’Ī former member of the Territorial Army, Kerri decided to move to LA to try her luck as an actress after her modelling career took off.Īfter winning a small role in The Bourne Ultimatum, she became a body double for Jessica Raine in the Robin Hood franchise, which launched in 2010. ‘When you’re a young performer and it’s your first job on a set, you want to have your voice heard, but you also want not to be a problem because you want to be called back,’ says Shoni Wilkinson. Kerri said she didn't eat anything on set while standing in for Liz Hurley (pictured centre), as Queen Helena in The Royals because she's so tiny
While no hit drama is without a succession of steamy scenes, shows such as Normal People, Bridgerton and Sex Education have supposedly turned what was once a murky, exploitative and occasionally disturbing side of the TV and film industry into something of an art form, with ‘intimacy co-ordinators’ - professionals who choreograph sex scenes - employed to make the actor feel comfortable.
In the wake of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction last year and the #MeToo movement which shone a light on widespread sexual harassment in the movie industry, there have been significant changes in working practices in recent years. Others who’ve admitted using body doubles include Keira Knightley, who chose her own body double for sex scenes in 2019’s tear-jerker The Aftermath and whose bare bottom in the 2007 film Atonement belonged to a double too. A VHS copy was stolen by their electrician and widely distributed online.
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