As the stuntwomen for Wonder Woman and Xena: Warrior Princess, Jeannie Epper and Zo\u00eb Bell are Hollywood\u2019s anonymous heroes, taking the hits that make actors into stars. Double Dare<\/i> explores the lives of Epper and Bell as they face the challenges of a dangerous and male-dominated profession. The real women behind these two world-famous icons are at drastically different crossroads in their lives: Epper, a grandmother, struggles with the aging process and Hollywood\u2019s dearth of older female roles as Bell, a young woman, is unaware of the feminist history that has preceded her in the notoriously macho stunt industry.<\/p>\n
Director Amanda Micheli was inspired to make Double Dare<\/i> after meeting several stuntwomen and hearing about their challenges in working in the stunt industry: having to prove themselves to directors, struggling with near-impossible beauty standards, and fighting to be promoted to the higher position of stunt coordinator.<\/p>\n
When Epper becomes a mentor for Bell, these two women from opposite sides of the world and opposite ends of their careers find a way to survive in the industry together. Double Dare<\/i> is a portrait of these doubles for Wonder Woman and Xena, doubles for each other, and doubles for the average American woman struggling against the race of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Follow the Hollywood stuntwomen who doubled for Wonder Woman<\/i> and Xena: Warrior Princess<\/i> as they struggle to stay employed, stay thin and stay sane in this notoriously macho profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"topic":[1216,1227],"class_list":["post-71","films","type-films","status-publish","hentry","topic-arts-and-culture","topic-women-and-girls"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n