History FakeShemp / Film

** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Creator/RhysIfans and Creator/ThomasHadenChurch reprise their respective roles as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Curt Connors/Lizard]] and [[Film/SpiderMan3 Flint Marko/Sandman]] via voiceover, in part to ease filming the ambitious crossover film under COVID-19 restrictions. This isn't too conspicuous for the Lizard, who would be an all-CGI character regardless, but it leaves the Sandman, who could still appear human in ''Spider-Man 3'', spending most of the film in the form of a human-shaped mass of sand,[[note]]This change is implied to be the result of his powers degrading over time; being the only one of the multiversal villains who ended his film both alive and with his powers intact, he's the only one to come from a point in time after the film ended.[[/note]] with director Creator/JonWatts serving as Church's on-set stand-in. In the film's final battle, when Connors and Marko are cured and return to human form, it's quite transparently StockFootage of similar scenes from their original appearances, resulting in them showing no reaction to the reassurances of the ones who cure them.

** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch had a limited window of availability for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and shot many of his parts separately from the rest of the cast. Many scenes where Doctor Strange is with other characters were accomplished through body doubles and digital splicing.
** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Creator/RhysIfans and Creator/ThomasHadenChurch reprise their respective roles as [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Curt Connors/Lizard]] and [[Film/SpiderMan3 Flint Marko/Sandman]] via voiceover, in part to ease filming the ambitious crossover film under COVID-19 restrictions. This isn't too conspicuous for the Lizard, but that leaves the Sandman, who could still appear human in ''Spider-Man 3'', spending most of the film in the form of a human-shaped mass of sand, with director Jon Watts serving as Church's on-set stand-in.[[note]]This change is implied to be the result of his powers degrading over time; being the only one of the multiversal villains who ended his film both alive and with his powers intact, he's the only one to come from a point in time after the film ended.[[/note]] In the film's final battle, when the two of them are cured and return to human form, it's quite transparently StockFootage of them becoming human back in their first appearances, and because of this they obviously do not react to the reassurances of the ones who cure them.

** During production of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'', Glenn Strange, who played the Monster, suffered a leg injury. Fortunately many of his scenes at the time required him to just lie on a gurney. For a scene in which he throws a woman through a window and chases the titular duo from the room, however, Lon Chaney Jr. - who was appearing in the film as The Wolf Man, but who had played the Monster years earlier in ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'' - put on the makeup and the suit and did the scene for Strange. Once you know, the Shemping is obvious, as Chaney's Monster is much more energetic.

* During production of ''Film/Alien3'', it was discovered that Carrie Henn (the girl who played Newt in ''Aliens'') was too old to convincingly play the part. This, coupled with substantial [[ExecutiveMeddling script rewrites and behind-the-scenes shenanigans]] led to her and fellow survivor Hicks being [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome killed off]] [[KilledOffForReal for real]] at the beginning of the film. Newt's body is played by a body double (and only glimpsed in closeup shots of her eye and mouth for most of the time she's onscreen) in the finished film. For the autopsy scene, they created a mold of Carrie Henn from the previous film.

** In ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'', Creator/BelaLugosi played the Monster, except for the scene in which the the creature is first thawed from the ice. Lugosi was either unavailable or unwilling to shoot the scene, so a stunt man was used and at one point his face is seen directly - in fact, it's the first shot of the Monster's face in the entire movie - and he looks nothing like Lugosi.

** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', during the scene after the climactic battle where Palpatine, newly elected chancellor, and the Jedi Council arrive on Naboo, Creator/SamuelLJackson was not present for filming to appear as Mace Windu, so his stand-in takes his place. He's right on the edge of the frame and not entirely in focus (but also nit entirely out of focus) and it's unclear if the plan was to composite Jackson's face into the shot and the missed it, or they just decided he wasn't visible enough to bother. Either way ''Star Wars'' fans noticed, as they are apt to do.

* ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': To account for Creator/CarrieFisher's death, the filmmakers forwent the use of CGI to recreate her voice and likeness and instead wove unused footage shot for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' into the story, with a stand-in wearing the same clothes and a wig in the shots where she's seen from her back along with the one shot where she's silhouetted. Carrie's daughter Creator/BillieLourd stood in for a younger Leia with DigitalHeadSwap and DigitalDeaging in the Jedi training flashback.

** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Creator/RhysIfans and Creator/ThomasHadenChurch were clearly never once on set, supplying only voice work for most of their screen time, in part to ease filming the ambitious crossover film under COVID-19 restrictions. For Ifans this isn't too conspicuous, as he's playing the Lizard, while it leaves Church's Sandman rather jarringly in the form of a human-shaped mass of sand for the entire film, with director Jon Watts serving as Church's on-set stand-in, when in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' he could easily appear human.[[note]]This change is implied to be the result of his powers degrading over time; being the only one of the multiversal villains who ended his film both alive and with his powers intact, he's the only one to come from a point in time after the film ended.[[/note]] In the film's final battle, when the two of them are cured and return to human form, it's quite transparently StockFootage of them becoming human back in their first appearances, and because of this they obviously do not react to the reassurances of the ones who cure them.

* ''{{Film/Manhunt}}'' - director Ian Adams doubled for James [=McClean=] for the shot of [[spoiler: Adam being pushed off the cliff]].

* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' - Creator/KatharineIsabelle refuses to do nude scenes and arrived on set to discover that one had been written for her character Gibb. Despite the director Ronnie Yu pressuring her, she refused, and so Gibb's shower scene has a body double standing in for her.
* Creator/OliviaHussey was likewise reluctant to appear nude for ''Film/TurkeyShoot'', and a double hidden by her long hair was used instead. She joked that she wasn't happy when she saw the double's body in the finished film.
--> "Ironically when I saw the finished film and what the body double looked like, I wished I'd done the damned nudity. I had a much better body than she did."

* Creator/BrittEkland had only agreed to appear nude in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' from the waist up, but Robin Hardy wanted Willow to be fully nude during "Willow's Song". As a result, they got a double [[JustForPun behind her back]]. So any shots in which the ass can be seen are of the double (the hair noticeably changes as well, and the shots are careful not to show Willow's face). Britt for years had to put up with fans asking her to autograph pictures from that scene, and reminding them that wasn't actually her ass.
--> "They put in the ugliest, biggest bottom in the world. Mine was much smaller and much nicer."
* Although Creator/KevinCostner went nude for ''Film/DancesWithWolves'', he didn't want to do so for ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''. As such, the brief shot of Robin from behind at the waterfall is a double.

* In ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'', a scene that wasn't in the script has Jen tease flashing her breasts for the reality TV cameras. The filmmakers asked Creator/KateeSackhoff to go as far as flashing her bra. She wasn't comfortable with that and compromised with lifting the top up to her midriff. Little did she know, the filmmakers went behind her back to film a shot of a bra with a body double. The experience made her ensure all of her subsequent contracts had a "no nudity" clause.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** To account for Fisher's death, the filmmakers of ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' forwent the use of CGI for her scenes as an older Leia and instead wove unused footage of her scenes from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' into the story, with a stand-in wearing the same clothes and a wig in the shots where she's seen from her back along with the one shot where she's seen in the dark. Carrie's daughter Creator/BillieLourd stood in for a younger Leia with DigitalHeadSwap and DigitalDeaging in the Jedi training flashback.

* Creator/HeathLedger died in the middle of filming ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus'', so Creator/TerryGilliam ended up using Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/JudeLaw, and Creator/ColinFarrell all for the same character. This was a rare example that actively called attention to it and provided an in-story reason. When Ledger died, he had finished filming the "real world" scenes, but not the fantasy sequences. The solution? Establish that going through the mirror will sometimes change a person's appearance, then have his character played by a different actor each time he goes through. And given that [[spoiler:his character turns out to be a duplicitous con man]], it not only works, it actually adds another layer of symbolism to the fantasy scenes.

* Creator/NataliePortman had refused to do nudity after ''Hotel Chevalier'' since had a sex scene in that movie and got fed up with every interview bringing it up afterward. [[note]]This was prior to 2016's ''Planetarium'' where she was nude and some of her subsequent roles had her do sex such as ''Film/BlackSwan'', ''Film/NoStringsAttached2011'' and ''Film/{{Annihilation}}''[[/note]] Because of this, a body double is used for the skinny dipping scene in ''Film/YourHighness'' (and the character isn't even naked; only in underwear).
** Similar to ''Your Highness'', she also used a double for the nude scene in ''Film/GoyasGhosts''.

* The opening scene of ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'' uses stock footage of David Beckham for Jess' daydream about playing in a match with him. When Beckham, and his wife [[Music/SpiceGirls Victoria]], appear at the end of the film they're played by a pair of lookalikes and only seen from a distance as they walk through an airport.

** ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'' features multiple examples. [[spoiler:While observing TheMultiverse colliding, Barry encounters past versions of DC's characters such as Creator/GeorgeReeves' [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman Superman]], Creator/ChristopherReeve's Film/{{Superman|The Movie}}, Creator/HelenSlater's Film/{{Supergirl|1984}}, Creator/NicolasCage's Superman from the never made ''Superman Lives'' and Creator/AdamWest's Series/{{Batman|1966}}, who are all recreated through a mixture of StockFootage and digital manipulation. Creator/HenryCavill's Superman also only appears as a CGI construct]].

* Much of Creator/BrookeShields' nudity in ''Film/TheBlueLagoon'' was actually done by a body double, due to the actress being only fourteen at the time. When Brooke was on camera, her hair was glued to her chest to create a GodivaHair effect, so the actual nudity isn't her.

** ''Film/RogueOne''[='=]s use of CGI recreation, and a very good impression by Creator/GuyHenry, brings the late Creator/PeterCushing's Grand Moff Tarkin to life, along with a cameo of a youthful Princess Leia. Permission was obtained from Cushing's estate, but Creator/CarrieFisher's untimely passing actually postdated the film’s release by a week or so.

** ''Film/TheFlash'' features multiple examples. [[spoiler:While traveling through the multiverse Barry encounters past versions of DC's characters such as Creator/ChristopherReeve's Superman and Creator/{{Adam West}}'s Batman, who are recreated through a mixture of StockFootage and digital manipulation. Henry Cavill's Superman also only appears as a CGI construct]].

** Creator/JaredLeto, who'd previously played Comicbook/TheJoker in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', did not return for the SpinOff, ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}''. Instead, {{Flashback}} scenes showing the Joker were filmed by using Lo-Fi artist Johnny Goth as a stand-in, with his face deliberately never shown to the camera.

* George [=McFly=] in the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' sequels did this, TheOtherDarrin, and FilmingForEasyDub to get around the absence of Creator/CrispinGlover. This trope was invoked by disguising TheOtherDarrin, Jeffrey Weissman, with a makeup FX mask of Glover made for the first film, sunglasses, out of focus shots, and even having him spend the entire "future" portion of the film "inverted", in which George was actually upside-down. While an impressive bit of movie-making magic, this ran into significant legal problems. Because the switch in actors was so well hidden audiences were led to believe Crispin Glover still played George [=McFly=], and he filed a lawsuit for misappropriating his likeness. Though the suit was settled quietly before its court date, the cornerstone of the argument was the use of StockFootage of Glover in the first film, and the Screen Actors Guild rewrote their rules on stock footage as a result of this. The Guild also began including clauses in their contracts requiring film studios to obtain permission from members (or their estates if deceased) before Shemping them.

* In ''Film/{{Glass}}'', David Dunn recalls trying to talk to wife Audrey (killed off between films), but as Creator/RobinWright was unavailable, she is silent and shot from behind.

* Creator/NataliePortman had refused to do nudity after ''Hotel Chevalier'' since had a sex scene in that movie and got fed up with every interview bringing it up afterward.[[note]]This was prior to 2016's ''Planetarium'' where she was nude and some of her subsequent roles had her do sex such as ''Film/BlackSwan'', ''Film/NoStringsAttached'' and ''Film/{{Annihilation}}''[[/note]] Because of this, a body double is used for the skinny dipping scene in ''Film/YourHighness'' (and the character isn't even naked; only in underwear).

* Creator/PaulWalker was killed in a car accident off the set of ''Film/FuriousSeven'', so his remaining scenes used CGI and doubles as well as the footage made before his death [[CharacterOutlivesActor to retire his character without killing him off]]. For the end of ''Film/{{F9}}'', his character only appears by showing his car making an arrival.

** In ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'', Billy has a dream about going on a date with Franchise/WonderWoman. Much like the Superman cameo in the first film, the camera very pointedly makes her visible only from behind or from the neck down. [[spoiler:In this case, though, it's intentional misdirection by the creators, covering for the fact that Gal Gadot herself shows up as the genuine article near the end.]]

** In ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Creator/RhysIfans and Creator/ThomasHadenChurch were clearly never once on set, supplying only voice work for most of their screen time; allegedly this was due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Ifans this isn't too conspicuous, as he's playing the Lizard, while it leaves Church's Sandman rather jarringly in the form of a human-shaped mass of sand for the entire film, when in ''Film/SpiderMan3'' he could easily appear human.[[note]]This change is implied to be the result of his powers degrading over time; being the only one of the multiversal villains who ended his film both alive and with his powers intact, he's the only one to come from a point in time after the film ended.[[/note]] In the film's final battle, when the two of them are cured and return to human form, it's quite transparently StockFootage of them becoming human back in their first appearances, and because of this they obviously do not react to the reassurances of the ones who cure them.

* During his ill-fated quest to film ''[[Film/JodorowskysDune Dune]]'' in the 70s, Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky desperately wanted Creator/SalvadorDali to play the Emperor. Problem was, Dali specifically demanded an obscenely high salary. Jodorowsky promised to pay him on a per-minute basis, then immediately began planning for an elaborate robotic double to serve as a stand-in for most of the Emperor's scenes (if this sounds insane, well, this ''is'' Alejandro Jodorowsky we're talking about).