I knew this at one time time but have forgotten. Why was a body double used during some parts (the scenes shot from behind) of "Willow's Song"? Miss Ekland seemingly did not have a problem with nudity,
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Britt had told them that she didn't want to do any below the waist nudity before she was cast. When she was away from set one day they brought in a stripper to film the below the waist scenes without telling her. They also ended up dubbing her voice without telling her. She wasn't happy about either of those things.
Britt did find out she was preggers several weeks in to shooting the film but that played no role in the use of a body double other than her going to the city for a doctor's visit being the opportunity they took to bring in a stripper and film the body double part.
I'd suggest that perhaps Eckland, while certainly sexy, likely wasn't up to doing the sort of dancing they wanted for the scene. The woman they brought in was a reputedly a professional stripper and probably less inhibited than Eckland.
shareThey never even asked her because she had already said she wouldn't do lower body nudity prior to casting. But when she found out they had snuck in a stripper and shot additional footage she was enraged for two reasons:
1. She claimed her butt wasn't nearly as big as the stripper's.
2. She thought the dancing was lewd, and didn't want people thinking she did it.
So while we can infer that she would have been unwilling if asked for the exact reason you cite, the reality is she was never asked in the first place. They just did it. Same thing with the dubbing. Britt worked really hard on her Scottish accent and thought she did a great job during shooting, but then they just decided to dub over all her dialog in post without even telling her.
Which was probably a good idea. Actors have been known to go on unofficial strike, slow down or even stop production by throwing a tantrum and/or disappearing from or showing up late to the set. Given this was a low budget film and such things cost production time and money they clearly didn't have, it was easier to mislead her by not telling her about it and sneaking the stripper on to the set for the scene while she wasn't present.
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firstwinsgop-1 wrote:
They never even asked her because she had already said she wouldn't do lower body nudity prior to casting. But when she found out they had snuck in a stripper and shot additional footage she was enraged for two reasons:
1. She claimed her butt wasn't nearly as big as the stripper's.
2. She thought the dancing was lewd, and didn't want people thinking she did it.
So while we can infer that she would have been unwilling if asked for the exact reason you cite, the reality is she was never asked in the first place. They just did it. Same thing with the dubbing. Britt worked really hard on her Scottish accent and thought she did a great job during shooting, but then they just decided to dub over all her dialog in post without even telling her.
It's true that the body "double"'s body looked nothing like Brit Eklands - clearly much chunkier!
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shareShe simply didn't (and never did) do full-frontal nudity. As for the rear, she didn't think her arse was her best feature. Add it all up and you're only going to see her tits.
There's an Italian (I think) film she was in where she's running about naked outdoors (from behind), and it's pretty clear it's a body double in that too.