A Hollywood physique double has opened up on the “awkward” expertise of taking pictures intimate scenes instead of the celebs.
Kerri Parker has doubled for Megan Fox and Cate Blanchett and defined how she was immediately thrust right into a intercourse scene when she stood in for Jessica Raine’s Princess of Gloucester within the 2010 film ‘Robin Hood’.
She mentioned: “I met the male physique double 10 minutes earlier than we climbed into this fortress mattress lined in furs.
“It’s a bit awkward. One minute you are saying howdy and the subsequent you are trying longingly at one another pretending you are about to make love, carrying particular skin-coloured underwear.
“We joked in regards to the relationship shifting quick for a primary date.
“Once the director positioned us in mattress, we shoved an intimacy cushion between us down under. They’re used simply in case an actor cannot management himself. It can occur and it is for everybody’s consolation and private area.”
Kerri defined that she usually has to interact in small discuss with the crew when finishing racy scenes.
She informed The Sun newspaper: “I at all times fear about smelly breath so I carry mints in my bra and we popped them repeatedly through the shoot.
“Over six hours, the cameraman shot a choice of extensive photographs and close-ups, which had been merged into the movie after the true actors did their love-making scenes.
“Most of the time you might be mendacity there making small discuss in regards to the climate and footie. Pretending to really feel attractive whereas being watched by a crew is tough.”
Kerri additionally stood in for Blanchett’s Maid Marian on Sir Ridley Scott’s film and revealed that she needed to put together in the very same method as the celebs.
The former military medic mentioned: “I’d been exercising, weight-reduction plan and learning each Cate and Jessica’s photos to make sure I used to be the identical proportions.”
Parker additionally revealed that she has shocked film bosses together with her spectacular stunt expertise.
She shared: “As a glamorous lady folks do not anticipate me to have an enormous vary of stunt expertise. I’m a mountaineering teacher, high feminine stunt driver, I can shoot a myriad of weapons, I’ve a black belt in karate and I’m a scuba divemaster.”
