Hilary Swank faked being bad at running to hide her pregnancy during her first trimester

Hilary Swank faked being bad at running to hide her pregnancy during her first trimester

Hilary Swank learns a lot from her pregnancy.

The 48-year-old actress is currently expecting twins, and the experience has given Swank a new appreciation for women around the world, according to a conversation she had on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

“I feel like women are superheroes,” Swank said. "What our bodies do? I have this newfound respect. I mean, I love women, I've always loved women, but now I'm like, 'Wow, we can do this!'" she continued, pointing to her growing baby bump.

Swank also revealed on the talk show that she had to hide her pregnancy while filming the series Alaska Daily in her first trimester. The role required a lot of running scenes as her character jogs regularly, she explained. The mom-to-be was rightfully worried about how she would be able to pull this off while pregnant with twins.

“To get one to two minutes of screen time takes two hours,” Swank told Corden. "They want it from this angle, this angle... They'll walk for two hours. I was like, 'Oh my God. I'm pregnant. I can't tell anyone.'"

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Your solution? Pretend you're bad at running and request a stunt double. The actress told her team that she was a "really bad runner" and asked if they could use a stunt double to film her running scenes. However, she had to prove that she really was that bad.

"I thought, 'Okay, how do I look like a really bad runner?'" she said. "I'm not a great runner to begin with. But I thought, 'I really need to sell this so I can get my stunt double.'" She finally did it. "I was running and these four men all looked at each other and said, 'Yeah, you need a stunt double.'"

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While some initially tried to correct Swank's form, she managed to prevail. "They said, 'Why are you running so flat-footed? You're like hunched over,'" she continued. "I thought, 'Don't criticize me. Just get me a stunt double.'"

It seems like her plan to stop walking on the show worked and she finally announced her pregnancy in October 2022. "Coming soon...DOUBLE feature! Photos with her bump growing at the time.

Swank is currently in her third trimester and is expecting twins later this year.