So, during a recent interview on Australian radio station Nova, Sophie was asked about working with stunt doubles on X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
Sophie said, when you get close, they don’t actually look that much like her — after all, they’re mainly there to do the dangerous stunts from a distance.
They don’t really look like me. First of all, they’re much fitter, much more muscle, and just better looking aesthetically in general. I mean, their hair is red.
But, apparently, on Game of Thrones she did have a photo double that looked so similar to her, it actually made people do double (lol) takes.
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A photo double is different from a stunt double — they’re the ones who stand in when an actor is in the background rather than being the main focus of a scene, so it’s more important that they look similar to the actors.
And apparently Sophie’s GoT photo double was such a good lookalike that they even fooled her own husband.
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“Even Joe went up to her at one point and tried to give her a kiss,” Sophie revealed. “He was like, ‘Oh, sorry, sorry! It’s not Sophie!’”
It looks like the Olsen twins have some competition.
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You can listen to Sophie’s interview in full here.
Ellie Bate is a celebrity reporter and talent coordinator at BuzzFeed UK and is based in London.
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