Editing Body Double (section)

===Casting===
De Palma initially wanted pornographic actress [[Annette Haven]] to play Holly, but she was rejected by the studio due to her pornographic filmography.<ref name="TCM">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Frank|date=June 4, 2021|title=Body Double (1984)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18524/body-double#articles-reviews?articleId=021360|access-date=April 17, 2022|website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523230413/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18524/body-double|archive-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> Nonetheless, Haven did appear in a minor role and consulted with DePalma about the adult film industry. De Palma then offered the role to [[Linda Hamilton]], who turned it down in favor of ''[[The Terminator]]''.<ref name="TCM" /> [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], [[Carrie Fisher]], and [[Tatum O'Neal]] were considered for the role before [[Melanie Griffith]] was cast.<ref name="TCM" /> De Palma later said Haven "was an enormous amount of help" to him in his understanding of the adult film industry and what Holly's background might be, and Griffith brought "a comic edge that I wanted to be a major part of the tone of the second half of the movie."<ref name="define"/> Griffith was initially reluctant to take the role, thinking she "didn't want any more nymphet roles, but now I think I can bring a lot of life to that kind of character...I think I gave her a great amount of intelligence."<ref name="griff">{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|author-link=Janet Maslin|date=June 22, 1984|title=A Lot of Life' In 'Body Double'|page=C.10|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/22/arts/at-the-movies-top-secret-rock-star-aims-to-be-lovable.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154758/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/22/arts/at-the-movies-top-secret-rock-star-aims-to-be-lovable.html|archive-date=May 24, 2015}}</ref>

De Palma considered Dutch erotic actress [[Sylvia Kristel]] for the role of Gloria, but she was unavailable. Although he cast [[Deborah Shelton]], he found her voice to be unsuitable and had her lines dubbed by [[Helen Shaver]] in post-production.<ref name="TCM" />

''Body Double'' contains a [[film within a film]] sequence in which pop band [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]] performs their song "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]"<ref name="DT">{{cite web|website=[[DVD Talk]]|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23720/body-double-special-edition/|title=Body Double: Special Edition|date=September 9, 2006|last=Gibron|first=Bill|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728062844/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23720/body-double-special-edition/|archive-date=July 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> on the set of a pornographic film, and in which [[scream queen]] [[Brinke Stevens]],<ref name="cast">{{cite news|title=Body Double (1984): Acting Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6485/Body-Double/cast|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117034244/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6485/Body-Double/cast|archive-date=November 17, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref> and adult actresses [[Cara Lott]] and Annette Haven appear. The club scene was converted into a music video and shown on [[MTV]].<ref name="AFI">{{cite web|title=Body Double (1984)|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/68262|access-date=April 14, 2023|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]}}</ref> Voice actor [[Rob Paulsen]] has a bit role as a cameraman who utters "Where's the cum shot?".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/55526/Rob-Paulsen/filmography|title=Rob Paulsen: Filmography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117042310/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/55526/Rob-Paulsen/filmography/|archive-date=November 17, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref>