Come, Marty! You don’t understand! It’s about the readers, Marty, they demand to be entertained! We need to… go Back to the world of Game Of Thrones ! Cue epic music.
Today, we’re going to be looking for body doubles.
Because even though the actors do a lot of their own stunts (hello, Maisie Williams), sometimes you just need a stand-in.
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Rosie Mac and Emilia Clarke
Check out this look: I gotta say this is a pretty decent body double! The actress, model and singer from England (or at least that’s what her Wikipedia page says) is yet another Mother Of Dragons!
She stands in for Emilia, but not when you’d expect.
Apparently, Emilia does most if not all of her nude scenes, even ones in Season 6! That’s when she was famous!
She said about the whole ordeal: “This is all me, all proud, all strong. I’m just feeling genuinely happy I said ‘Yes.’ There ain’t no body double!”
Rebecca Van Cleave and Lena Headey
My initial thought with this body double was that… well, it definitely didn’t look as good as the Daenerys twins. Funnily enough, Rebecca Van Cleave looks more like real life Lena Headey with her brown short hair.
However, she did something pretty darn brave.
She stood in for Lena during Cersei’s “Walk Of Shame” where people threw fruit at her and stuff.
Rebecca said about the experience: “It was one of the scariest, most wonderful, most gratifying experiences I could have imagined”
Ignacio Jimenez Blanco and Michiel Huisman
Daario Naharis has his own body double, which is really neat for that character! The two look pretty much identical, except for maybe Ignacio has a softer face. Maybe a little less grit, too.
Shall we be diving into their nude scenes?
Kind of? The jury’s still out about who’s butt Daenerys was giving those eyes too back in Season 5. Perhaps we can have a butt comparison session? Jimmy Fallon, we need you.
Unknown and Rory McCann
Ooh, look at that! The Hound has an unknown stunt double… lord, could there be a mystery afoot?
Or maybe Hollywood is just really bad at crediting stunt doubles! Either way, it’s a dead ringer for The Hound.
Mark Slaughter and Gwendoline Christie
Believe it or not, but the body double for Brienne of Tarth is a man named Mark Slaughter!
Must suck for Gwendoline Christie, but then again that kind of is her character.
And here’s all four of them standing together.
Awwww, look at that big, happy, blood covered family!
It reminds me of Christmas at the in-laws, unpleasant, kind of dirty and for some reason, everyone looks like they’re related.
Peter Dinklage and… Unknown again!
Uh oh! Another unknown person!
I wonder how they find these people, considering they have no names! In any case, these two look spot on.
Marc Redmond and Kit Harrington
This one is pretty decent, throw a wig on Mr. Redmond, maybe a little more side scruff and presto! You’ve probably got yourself a Jon Snow.
Well, considering no one has noticed it, they probably do a good job.
Marc does most of Kit’s stunts
Honestly, the guy sounds like he has an awesome life. Marc’s been in Vikings , he knows martial arts and he gets to hang around the Game Of Thrones set!
Can you say “dream come true?”
Megan Parkinson and Sophie Turner
Finally, we end with the eldest Stark girl’s body double, a British actress named Megan Parkinson.
Fun fact: she also gets to play Alys Karstark in five different episodes of Game Of Thrones . Neat!
And here they are!
Pallin’ around, havin’ some fun, just like best pals should!
Is it just me, or does it kind of look like some off-brand costume party?
