Check out these 20 actors hanging out with their photo doubles and stand-ins.
A stand-in for film and TV is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting or blocking.
Stand-ins assist in the production process because lighting setup can be a slow and tedious process. During this time the actor will often times be somewhere else. Stand-ins allow the director of photography to adjust the lights for the scene and the camera operators to light and focus scenes.
The director will often times ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue and walk through (blocking) the scenes to be filmed. This will help speed up the day’s production and is a necessary and valuable cast member.
Stand-ins are different from body doubles, who actually replace the actors on camera from behind, in makeup or during stunts. Stand-ins do not appea ron camera. Sometimes, the job of a stand-ins and double are done by the same person.
Stand-ins do not necessarily look like the actor, but usually they have the same skin tone, hair color, height and even build as the actor so that lighting in a scene will be done correctly.
Some celebrities require that they always have the same stand-ins. For example, Adam Bryant is Robin Williams official stand-in.
Here are 20 actors hanging out with their photo doubles and stand-ins:
20. The Rock
19. Bruce Willis
18. Jennifer Lopez
17. John Travolta
16. Megan Fox
15. Robert Pattinson
14. Brad Pitt
13. Daniel Radcliffe
12. Emma Watson
11. Shia LeBeouf
1o. Johnny Depp
9. Kate Beckinsale
8. Taylor Lautner
7. Andrew Garfield
6. Chris Evans
5. Tom Hardy
4. Rupert Grint
3. Angelina Jolie
2. Liam Neeson
1. Jackie Chan
