Terminator Star's Twin and Stunt Double Leslie Hamilton Freas Dies
Leslie Hamilton Freas, twin sister of Terminator star Linda Hamilton, has passed away at the age 0f 63.
An obituary about the passing of Freas was released on Thursday. The cause of Freas' death has not been made public. Freas, Hamilton's identical twin, acted as her stunt double in the 1991 sci-fi action classic Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
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Not only that, but Freas was also chosen to portray the cyborg version of Sarah Connor when it was required there be two of the character in the same shot. She can be seen briefly in a dramatic fight scene towards the end, wherein the real Sarah Connor must shoot T-1000, which has taken on her likeness, in order to save her son, John. She is credited in the film as "Leslie Hamilton Gearren."
"They were going to use a process shot for the double, but they flew Leslie in and were delighted," Hamilton told Entertainment Weekly in a 2010 interview. This allowed there to be two Sarahs without the need for CGI.
According to her obituary, Freas worked mostly as an ER and hospice nurse. "Leslie was the consummate caretaker and devoted her life to helping her children and the lives of others," reads her obituary. She was also an avid "fisherwoman
