Have you ever wonder what it would be like to make love with Brad pitt or Jason Statham? Laura Grady has done it, or at least she did it with their photo doubles, during her long career of having sex as a stand-in.
Laura Grady recently spoke with Vulture about her experiences as a stand-in. Grady revealed that Marisa Tomei was beautiful and Brad Pitt was very nice, but that the sex scene she did with Brad Pitt’s body double took over two weeks. I can not even imagine how awkward that must have been. Grady argues that David Fincher is a genius, but pretending to have sex for days got quite old.
Fight Club (1999)
Helena Bonham Carter’s body double
“Fight Club was my favorite by far. It was just incredible. There was so much work on that set; it was literally two weeks of just these scenes in bed! You cannot be shy. There was also a body double for Brad Pitt, so we spent two weeks with David Fincher on a set and green-screen, just reenacting all of those sex scenes. I did see Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter throughout the day, but they were never in my scenes — the body doubles did their thing, and then Brad and Helena did their thing. So I never got to interact with Brad, unfortunately. David Fincher is just a master genius. He took so much time with us. He really, really cared about how we looked. And all those scenes — it was the most intricate sex scene I’ve ever done in my life. And it was pretty hard-core. We were all over each other, me and the body double. He wanted us to choreograph it, like a dance. He would come up with these phrases to give you ideas of what he wanted, like, ‘You’re in molasses,’ or ‘You’re in water, it’s streaming.’ And then when you see the movie, it’s just exactly that.”
Grady also explains how comfortable Jason Statham made her feel.
Crank (2006)
Amy Smart’s body double
“My most fun moment on set was Crank. Jason Statham made me feel so comfortable. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but I remember telling my husband later — something so charming, like, ‘Don’t worry about it, I got ya, love.’ He didn’t make me feel stupid or naked. And I had to be completely topless, and it was this crazy scene outside with all these background actors. But I was like, ‘This is not a bad day. I’m taking my clothes off for Jason Statham. I’ll be okay today.’ I remember getting the call for Crank 2; Amy Smart requested me and I thought that was really nice. But I was pregnant and couldn’t do it, and I was so upset. But you can’t be a pregnant body-double. It’s a liability.”
You can check out her experiences on Vulture. Grady says shes been painted naked and painted green, which also sounds incredibly awkward.
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