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58008@lemmy.world to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前

Fake Shemp - Body doubles used in movies to replace actors who die or are otherwise unavailable

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58008@lemmy.world to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 天前
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    I thought I recognized a still from Plan 9 From Outer Space, by Ed Wood.

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      Yes, you did. Bela Lugosi had died the year before, so they used a stand-in for the film.

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    Coined by film director Sam Raimi, the term is named after Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges, whose sudden death in 1955 necessitated the use of these techniques to finish the films to which he was already committed.

    adding to my mental list of Raimi facts

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