Motorcycle stuntwoman on being Scarlett Johansson’s double, Hollywood, and having no fear
French motorcycle stunt rider Sarah Lezito, a double for top Hollywood stars and with a huge social media following, shares her journey
When Sarah Lezito began messing around with motorbikes at 13 she never dreamed that one day she would become the stunt double of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
The French winemaker’s daughter has stood in for Scarlett Johansson on Avengers 2 and Black Widow, and appeared in a dozen films including The Batman.
The 32-year-old is one of a rare breed of motorcycle stuntwomen, with a massive social media following that helped take her from the vineyards of France’s Champagne region to Hollywood.
Today, she is on her own personal training track amid vineyards near Épernay, the Champagne capital in northeast France. Barely astride her Kawasaki, she is off down the track performing stunts with disconcerting dexterity, her long brown hair trailing out of her helmet in the wind.
“This is kind of my temple,” she says after performing a series of tricks including standing with both feet on top of her 200kg (440lb) machine and flipping herself onto the handlebars.