Motorcycle stuntwoman on being Scarlett Johansson's double, Hollywood, and having no fear
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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.
Motorcycle stunt rider Sarah Lezito stands on her Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R on her private track near Epernay, in eastern France. Photo: AFP
'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.
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