Would it be okay to submit an uncredited role for the ballet dancer who doubled for Natalie Portman in Black Swan?

She is credited - but strangely only as a 'Stunt Double'. I know we should currently ignore any credited 'stunt' roles, but this one is more of a 'performance double'.

From a recent newspaper article -
"Acclaimed soloist Sarah Lane danced the more complicated dance sequences, but, controversially, she's credited as a stunt double."

So could I enter it as, say, 'performance double' (and uncredited)?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1377453/Natalie-Portmans-dance-double-Sarah-Lane-hits-Black-Swan-producers.html

If you can identify her, you can add here as uncredited:

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This contribution contains uncredited cast entries. Please submit uncredited cast only if:

You have personally identified the cast by viewing the film

-OR- The cast is copied from a previously accepted profile with documented uncredited cast

Be sure to specify the source in your contribution notes

I tend to agree with tweeter.  Regardless of what they did, do we really want to start entering 'stunt doubles' as uncredited cast?

That's her on the set. So if you could identify her and provide a time-stamp then I think it would be ok to include her as an uncredited cast member.

But on the flip-side this could open up cases where well known stunt people could be added if someone could provide a time stamp of their appearance in a film/tv episode.

Do we want to include stunt people/body doubles/stand-ins if they can be identified too?


I guess I'm on the fence on this one.
But to be on the safe side I think local only is the best way to treat her appearance in this film.

Quoting DJ Doena:

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Playing devil's advocate here: Stunt crew is crew therefore not cast. So she may be credited as crew, but she could be uncredited cast.

After all, we track Peter Jackson's appearances in LOTR even though he's credited as director.

While stund crew are crew, they are performing crew...meaning their job, like an actor's job, is done in front of the camera.  Peter Jackson's crew job is behind the camera, so I don't think the two care comparable.

Next thing then is to enter the body-double of Willem Dafoe in Antichrist ... NOT.

It would certainly make things a lot easier if she were not credited at all. But the whole 'stunt double' thing opens it up to confusion, which is why I asked.

I will leave it for now.

Sarah Lane is credited in the cast section as "Lady in the Lane" so she can not be an uncredited stunt double or anything else.