They actually had 2 stunt dancers in that movie.
Actually three. Marine Jahan was the dancer, Sharon Shapiro did the huge leap at the audition and male break dancer Crazy legs did the crazy back spin during the audition. I’ve never seen a woman pull off that move like that. (Going to start looking again, though...)
So yes, they could’ve found a small man that could pull it off. But they probably had their stunt skater do a 3A on the harness and edited the harness out.
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This movie is before my time but as a tiny kid I fell in love with watching the record player work and my mom had this soundtrack on vinyl and it was always the one I wanted to hear. What a feeling
Back to topic....which American girl could best pull off a Flashdance Ex?
Ashley. Full Stop.