12 cases when famous actors were replaced with puppet doubles on the set of films (13 photos)

Not every actor will agree to act independently in all movie scenes, especially when they are dangerous because of the irrepressible fantasy director. However, not every live double is able to replace an actor in certain circumstances. Suddenly, according to the plot, the hero must burn to the ground. Well, you never know what kind of films there are.





In such cases, our favorite computer comes to the rescue. graphics that can do anything, it's just going to cost a lot. And here is the time to sympathize with the film crews from some 1980s. No CGI for you - sit and invent a way to shoot a scene where a stone-faced cyborg from the future is poking around in his blade to the eye. This is not what they teach understudies in school.

So let's pay tribute to the realistic (and not so) puppet actors who have replaced movie stars in past decades. AND, By the way, as it turns out, they are also in demand in modern projects. It is especially curious to look at them when a real actor is standing nearby, whose appearance they duplicate. Let's watch.

Bruce Campbell and his puppet stunt double on the set of Army of Darkness (1992)



This is the third installment in the Evil Dead franchise.

Linda Blair and her animatronic stunt double on the set of The Exorcist (1973)



You figured out which side the doll is on, right?

Arnold Schwarzenegger digs into himself on the set of The Terminator (1984)



He is also an animatronic T-800 on the set of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)



And this is already behind the scenes of the film "Terminator: Dark Fate" (2019)



Hugo Weaving and the heads of the Smiths on the set of The Matrix



Sarah Paulson on the set of the fourth season of American Horror Story (2014)



Robert Patrick and his liquid metal version on the set of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)



Robbie Coltrane and his stunt double wearing a huge Hagrid mask on the set of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)






The head was used to enhance the effect of the magical forester's hugeness compared to the rest of the characters.

Finn Wittrock and his head on the set of American Horror Story



Kathy Bates and her frightening silicone heads on the set of Misery (1990)



The probable purpose of these dolls is the moment with a typewriter hit.

Sigourney Weaver doll for Alien 3 (1992)



How realistic does it look!