# Who was the spectacular body double in Up in The Air? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155 "2010-02-08T16:57:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/1 "2010-02-08T16:57:33Z")
Because if that actress is really built like that, she’s in the wrong line of work. I’m a chick, and a fundamentally straight chick (I’ve dabbled…) but …AaaOOOOga!!! I can’t recall seeing a more spectacular backside in a very long time. And being in the porn industry, that’s sayin’ something. Holy moly. I need to find a picture… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/2 "2010-02-08T17:30:39Z")
Wait a second, you’re in the porn industry? I’ve never seen the film so I can’t help you on that, but uh… have you ever done an “Ask the…”-type thread? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/3 "2010-02-08T17:35:10Z")
Hmm, the full credits on IMDB list George Clooney’s stunt double, but I did not see one for Vera. I was unable to Google up a name for you. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/4 "2010-02-08T17:52:40Z")
Hard to say. Vera Farmiga has done nude scenes in previous movies but reportedly used a body double in _Up in the Air_. Her nude scenes were in: Down to the Bone (2004) Iron Jawed Angels (2004) Running Scared (2006) Breaking and Entering (2006) Joshua (2007) Never Forever (2007) In Tranzit (2008) The Vintner’s Luck (2009) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/5 "2010-02-08T17:58:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm, the full credits on IMDB list George Clooney’s stunt double, but I did not see one for Vera. I was unable to Google up a name for you. That’s not unusual. There was a brief movement about twenty years ago to professionalize body doubles and give them screen credits. But nothing came of it. Apparently neither the actresses who were using body doubles nor the actresses who were working as body doubles pushed for recognition. Shelley Michelle is a relatively well-known body double. Here’s her credits on IMDB: Midnight Blue (1997) (body double) (uncredited) Rising Sun (1993) (body double: sushi scene) (uncredited) Hexed (1993) (body double: Claudia Christian) Nails (1992) (TV) (body double: Anne Archer) (uncredited) Final Analysis (1992) (body double: Kim Basinger) (uncredited) Unbecoming Age (1992) (body double) The Prince of Tides (1991) (leg double: Barbra Streisand) (uncredited) Pretty Woman (1990) (body double: Julia Roberts) (uncredited) Overexposed (1990) (body double: Catherine Oxenberg) My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) (body double: Kim Basinger) (uncredited) Ten roles and only two were credited. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/6 "2010-02-09T00:19:00Z")
I happen to have a copy of the awards screener for this movie. I could tell you how, but then I’d have to kill myself. Anyway, there’s no body double listed in the credits. But I agree with the OP. That backside is sweet-mother-of-God awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/7 "2010-02-09T08:06:19Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > I’m a chick, and a fundamentally straight chick (I’ve dabbled…) but …AaaOOOOga!!! I can’t recall seeing a more spectacular backside in a very long time. And being in the porn industry, that’s sayin’ something. Helll-OOO nurse! ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/8 "2010-02-09T12:07:22Z")
Body doubles are fundamentally wrong. Get your kit off or lingerie it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/9 "2010-02-09T12:48:19Z")
Sarah Tuttle [apparently](http://exposureinc.com/labels/Sarah%20Tuttle%20was%20the%20body%20double%20for%20Vera%20Farmiga%20-%20one%20of%20the%20leading%20ladies%20in%20_UP%20IN%20THE%20AIR_.html). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/10 "2010-02-09T12:55:28Z")
Eh. I’ve seen better. ---
**Author:** ![jimmydean27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jimmydean27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmydean27)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/11 "2010-11-12T05:14:58Z")
To **Stoid** , if it’s been thaat long since you’ve seen a backside as nice, you’re either full of it about being in the porn industry, or you’re involved with some pretty skanky stuff! haha ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/12 "2010-11-12T15:20:44Z")
Indeed, she’s a sight. Actually, too much of a sight as I didn’t for one second think it was Vera Farmiga and therefore it took me out of the movie for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/13 "2010-11-12T15:43:07Z")
I just assumed “being in the porn industry” was an alternative way to say “living in Los Angeles”. ---
**Author:** ![jimmydean27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jimmydean27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmydean27)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-spectacular-body-double-in-up-in-the-air/528155/14 "2010-11-12T19:37:23Z")
> [@palindromemordnilap](#): > > I just assumed “being in the porn industry” was an alternative way to say “living in Los Angeles”. haha