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        12 April 2011

Double Dare: Becoming a Stuntwoman in a Man’s World


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The Genderacrossborders.com blog has a pretty interesting review of Double Dare - the documentary about Zoe Bell and Jeannie Epper (the stunt double for Linda Carter in Wonder Woman). The picture Kyle used is of Zoe being set on fire during the filming of the Xena series finale "A Friend in Need Part 2".

In part it reads:

First off, the players: Zoe Bell gets her first mainstream introduction here as the camera follows her from her first part doubling for Xena: Warrior Princess, all the way to her winning role of Uma Thurman’s double in Kill Bill (she was also the one who did that insanely dangerous “Ship’s Mast” sequence in Death Proof).

The documentary immediately begins by showing the first major way women are treated differently than men when it comes to stuntwork. As Lucy Lawless puts it, “The first rule of women in film is that they have to look good… apparently.” Due to the fact that Wonder Woman and Xena are made to wear tight and very revealing outfits, there is often no way to add padding or any kind of safety gear. More often than not, the stuntwoman just work without the protection. Men on the other hand, are able to wear as much padding as they want (they can wear baggy pants, shirts etc). Epper recalls just being thankful that they let her wear flat boots in the second season of Wonder Woman.

Read the full review


 

 

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