Did you know that NBA superstars have stand-ins? No, it’s not like a substitute or a guy on the bench who makes the team in case someone gets injured. These people stand in for athletes during photo shoots or while filming ads.
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As it turns out, Stephen Curry is particularly amused by his double. The Golden State Warriors superstar appeared on the 360 With Speedy Morman to discuss topics ranging from comedian Katy Williams to his own rap career and, most interestingly, stand-ins.
“This is f****** crazy. Where are you going with this?” he immediately asked Speedy when the host brought up the subject. With Curry unable to control his laughter, Morman first explained the concept to his viewers.
“For those who don’t know what [a stand-in] is, there is an alternate version of you, who kind of looks like you a little bit, but not really,” said Morman. The show host described how, when stars go for a commercial shoot, a standby actor or actress is often there dressed and made up to look like them, with details down to painted tattoos and hair braids.
“It’s like you but not you at the same time. What is it like? How can you benefit … What can you have him do that you don’t want to do?” Morman asked Steph.
“So, my guy, his name is Court. I am laughing because he looks nothing like me,” Curry began, before being interrupted by Morman, who informed everyone that Court has no hair.
Steph praised Court and said that what he does isn’t an easy job. To be able to keep himself prepared for anything and then help Curry carry out the process on set requires dedication.
When you see close-up shots of Curry’s tattoos or his jersey or something like that, it’s Court in the frame. “Then, they zoom out, and it’s me. So it saves a lot of time,” the Warriors legend explained.
Since Court is bald, makeup artists rely on wigs, but Curry’s hair is difficult to copy. “The NBA Cup shoot was on … but he has this toupee thing that they put together to make it look like the back of my head, but it’s just him, bald,” recalled Curry.
“It’s the funniest … We have a nice little collage of both of us for the last decade on every set, and he’s had some wild attempts at [copying] my hair,” Curry added, chuckling, much to Morman’s amusement.
To drive home the point, Morman compared Court to the great Michael Jordan. “He’s not just like Caesar bald, though. He’s like shiny-head bald. Like Michael Jordan bald. It’s wild that this is your stand-in,” he joked.
According to Curry, none of that matters. He met Court about 10 years ago and immediately liked him; so did his team. Bald head or not, it doesn’t seem like this partnership will end anytime soon.
