That's easy.
She acted in the film. Dancing substitute used for full body shots.
So what?
Stunt doubles are used all the time in action flicks.
Show me side by side skin pics and I’ll give an answer.
Sarah Lane has certainly guaranteed she’ll never work another film in her life.
So who the hell really cares? I thought almost all actresses had stunt doubles, so, if the stunt double did what she was paid to do, then who give a $hit if she or Natalie did it? This is wholly unnecessary. What a beyaaaahhhtch!
That's easy.
How much of the film was dance?? 10 minutes total? 20?
I know who the black swine is.... He’s ruining America.
marni nixon did the actual singing in the Sound of Music, and she actually did show up a bit on camera, but never got the credit she deserved.
This happens alot to dancers, who spend their lives perfecting their art. I have not seen the film, but my ballet dancing daughter has read about this film for awhile in her “Pointe” magazine.
Sarah Lane is a beautiful dancer. I saw her when she danced ABT’s new “Sleeping Beauty” when she first became Principal from soloist. She has moved quickly up in a very challenging company. ( Half the dancers in ABT aren’t Americans)
The actress Natalie, has been claimed to been “dancing” for a year to do this part. In the comments at the linked article, it is mentioned you DON’T see Natalie on pointe.
That does it right there. You can not do REAL ballet without being on POINTE. If she couldn’t get to being on pointe, then she was barely learning to do tendu’s, never mind the strength required for more challenging work, like fouette’s.
Sarah deserves to have more recognition for her work and her years of training.
Second thought - What is this movie about. I still don't know.
I can almost imagine how they pitched it to the Weinstiens. After they were done - and saw the blank looks on the Weinstien's face, I'm sure someone said, "And, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis are going to get naked together." That was it.
And they used three body doubles in “Flashdance”. At least one was a dude.
The ballerina is an idiot. The time to negotiate your credits is when you sign your contract. You don’t wait until the star wins her Oscar. This is old news. People portray genius talent in movies all the time, and guess what? The actors can’t play virtuoso piano, sing opera, dance like magic, or play amazing sports. Do you think Tom Cruise is a real naval aviator? So they get talent to do those scenes.
This dancer should have kept her mouth shut and enjoyed her paycheck.
I think this falls into the same catagory as Flash Dance with Jennifer Beal, I think at the end of the movie the last dance in front of the judges was done by a guy/stunt dancer.
The producers of Flashdance did the same thing back in 1983. They used a body double to do the dancing scenes and didn't reveal it until after the movie debuted. No big deal, really. Jennifer Beals still did the acting.
Am I the only one who is suspicious because this “controversy” happens to show up at exactly the time the movie is being released on DVD?