10 Actors Who Refused To Use Body Doubles
2. Margot Robbie - The Suicide Squad
Half the fun of deciding to throw yourself into the thick of an intricate stunt or explosive set-piece instead of falling back on the body double professionals on set is being able to watch back said sequence, poke your mate and declare, "Hey, look! Told you I did that for realsies!"
But in the case of the scarily gifted Margot Robbie in James Gunn's recent The Suicide Squad venture, a piece of unfortunate costume design actually prevented her from really revelling in some seriously impressive stunt work.
Instead of having a gymnast double perform the moment Robbie's Harley Quinn grasps a set of keys from a bodyguard and unlocks her handcuffs whilst dangling from her wrists, the actor amazingly managed to execute the movements on her own. Sadly, with Gunn understandably mesmerised by her other-worldly ability to use her feet like hands on set, the director didn't notice that her face was being covered by her outfit until he made it back to the editing suite.
Therefore, Robbie's outstanding feat of footwork looks like it was pulled off by a stunt worker, when in reality it was all the awesome Aussie, puddin'.
— infamousmargot (@infam0usharley) August 8, 2021