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www.kellibarksdale.com/
Stunt Reel: vimeo.com/63975513
It is based on the IMDB listings which are sometimes suspect, but then again, who speculates or tries to misinform on stunt casting.....
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lfan wrote: It the meantime, here is apparently her stunt double, Kelli Barksdale, who bears a pretty good resemblance:
www.kellibarksdale.com/
Stunt Reel: vimeo.com/63975513
It is based on the IMDB listings which are sometimes suspect, but then again, who speculates or tries to misinform on stunt casting.....
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Kelli is even cuter.
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AJF wrote: Barksdale looks too short to be Benoist's stunt double. Could she be the double who plays the young Kara?
Saw that too...not an expert, but I would imagine stunts require less height similarity due to angles and lack of perspective with other actors (unless it's a fist fight scene). I'm also a little skeptical of the height listed on imdb -- 4'8" is pretty tiny
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Generally from my experience stunt women are about the same height as the actor -you can do the angle thing, but eventually your going to get into problems. And there are plenty of taller stunt women in hollywood. (a lot of which are very cute)
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Its also for some reason a fairly cheep location to film at. (they tend to be owned by the goverment which wants people to film)
And not a bad picture. The question of any superhero costume, isn't so much how does it look on a black background with her arms on her waist looking skyward- but how it looks walking around-and not bad
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I think she looks PERFECT! And the suit looks fantastic in natural lighting! I posted this on our SWM page on FB, and it's getting rave reviews and reposts.
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hunterbr2001 wrote: tada!
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www.comicbookresources.com/article/new-c...hoto-surfaces-online
but if you read this article you will notice... hey superwomanmania is where the picture is from.
Hey Hunter your a source!!!
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Thanks, Hunterbr2001!
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Granted this isn't national secrets at this point and it probably no ones going to get fired(though it is fascinating that thought we have seen all three of the costumes from Batman vs Superman Warner brothers really hasn't released or leaked a single other picture- which is pretty good)
So someone probabbly broke an NDA-who, who knows. I supose this could be a plant, but i don't think so
I mean she is clearly posing here. which happens on sets-but just randomly-maybe someone who works there.. and how did it get to the site?
ahh well nice pic. To a degree i think this is the reason for about 20 years you didn't see any costume superheros on Televisions was just the worry how under ordinary lights how they look-and this really is vivid if nothing else.
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castor wrote: Wonder where it came from.
Granted this isn't national secrets at this point and it probably no ones going to get fired(though it is fascinating that thought we have seen all three of the costumes from Batman vs Superman Warner brothers really hasn't released or leaked a single other picture- which is pretty good)
So someone probabbly broke an NDA-who, who knows. I supose this could be a plant, but i don't think so
I mean she is clearly posing here. which happens on sets-but just randomly-maybe someone who works there.. and how did it get to the site?
ahh well nice pic. To a degree i think this is the reason for about 20 years you didn't see any costume superheros on Televisions was just the worry how under ordinary lights how they look-and this really is vivid if nothing else.
A classic example is the original Star Trek; the colors of the uniforms look much different outside of TV studio lighting. Part of the reason why the uniforms in the first film looked so flat. Originally, they were designed to be used in a new TV series called 'Star Trek: Phase 2'. The TV project was cancelled at the last minute and converted over to production for the film, but they kept the same costumes.
Back to the point, though: yes, she looks amazing in the costume. Can't wait for the series premier
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castor wrote: So someone probabbly broke an NDA-who, who knows. I supose this could be a plant, but i don't think so
As you say, who knows? They surely won't have NDA'd all the plant workers?!?!! I've been subject to one or two NDA's in my time although but none (I hasten to note) relating to Hollywood; plus I've known friends who've signed them. They tend, in my experience, to relate to IP (intellectual property, such as still-in-progress design work or story details) rather than candid shots of IP that's already been publicly disclosed. Sure, studios hate candid photos, but I've never heard of any use blanket bans through NDAs to stop them. Many production companies can get jumpy about camera phones -- Warner Bros for example had (still has?) restrictions on who can bring cell phones onto its studio spaces, and I once witness burly security guards pounce on a young audience member because they saw him fleetingly take his phone out of his pocket inside the Leno studio, even though no guests were present and no recording was taking place! (Literally physically pulled him to one side, surrounded him, searched him, and examined each photo on his phone.)
[Edit] Outside of their own buildings, however, I think studios know they can't exert as much control. I mean, you'd quickly find your requests for location filming would be turned down if you started insisting everyone who strays within a camera lens's distance has to sign a lengthy legal document. In the UK I worked in one building that frequently got used for filming (an old Victorian building with its interior decor perfectly intact) -- company employees just got told to stay out of the way of the crew and watch out for any stray cabling that might suddenly appear. overnight.!
I mean she is clearly posing here. which happens on sets-but just randomly-maybe someone who works there.. and how did it get to the site?
Most likely answer is that someone in the power plant office asked Melissa if they could take a snap, and that got passed on to a family member who they know is interested in comicbooks, and thus onto the internet. To speculate widely: given that the shot isn't a (dreaded) selfie we can perhaps assume the culprit is not of "Generation Snapchat" -- so maybe it is some kindly office lady who thought her nephew would get a kick out of the pic..?
Seriously, I've known people who've got their hands on some amazing stuff -- like items signed by all the cast members of an important Doctor Who story just weeks after location filming -- and when you ask them how they came by such unusual artefacts the answer is usually "my auntie works in catering at BBC Wales", or "my brother's girlfriend's sister was 3rd assistant deputy junior makeup lady"...
Remember, all of us are only six degrees of separation from Melissa Benoist
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