Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling used body doubles for La La Land’s most complex dance scene, it has been revealed.
In a shocking new report, it’s claimed that the film’s leading stars had professional dancers step in for La La Land’s most intricate dance sequence at the Griffith Observatory.
Despite reports that Emma and Ryan underwent intense dance training for the role, a stunt double allegedly used in the film has told The Sun on Sunday how Ryan had two stunt doubles for his dance scenes, while Emma’s were performed for her by professional dancer Emilie Livingston.
“Ryan had three stunt doubles — two were dancers — and Emma’s dancing was done by Emilie Livingston,” the inside told The Sun On Sunday.
“The sequence where they danced in the clouds was filmed on a platform and was not Ryan and Emma.”
The insider’s comments also suggest that the film makers tried to keep their use of doubles under wraps.
“Lots of people have been asking what really went on and we have been contacted by the studio, told off for talking and sworn to silence. It’s not fair but they were insistent we shouldn’t tell anyone there were doubles for the dancing,” they said.
Back in Febraury, Lionsgate were forced to deny claims that Emma and Ryan used dancing doubles, by saying, “both Ryan and Emma trained for three months intensively and everything you see is their work”.
However, the production company has since released a new statement, totally contradicting what they had said before.
“Doubles were used for some silhouette turns in the latter half of the observatory scene,” the statement confirmed.
Emilie Livingston is now credited as a ‘stunt double’ for Emma Stone, who won an Oscar for her role as Mia, on La La Land’s IMDB page.
An industry source added, “The film’s campaign was quite heavily built around how amazing it was that Emma and Ryan had learned to sing, dance and play piano for the movie.
“But in the observatory scene it’s obvious, if you pay attention, that the silhouettes are not them. Suddenly, their dancing turns from being nice enough, to amazingly poised.”
