Olympic paddler Luuka Jones-Yaxley's lined up an unexpected project after her success in Paris. 

Shortly after retiring from the high-performance canoe Slalom at the Paris Olympics, Luuka received a call and an offer to appear as Charlize Theron’s stunt double in the Netflix film Apex. 

She says the offer felt like an 'April Fools joke' at first, but she was on a plane to the South Island to begin filming before she knew it. 

"I just received at text from a friend down in the South Island and he called me and said he's been doing a bunch of water safety on some films and that this film had approached him and they needs a kayak double for Charlize Theron - and it kind of went from there." 

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Olympic paddler Luuka Jones-Yaxley's lined up an unexpected project after her success in Paris.&nbsp;
Shortly after retiring from the high-performance canoe Slalom at the Paris Olympics, Luuka received a call and an offer to appear as Charlize Theron’s stunt double in the Netflix film Apex.&nbsp;
She says the offer felt like an 'April Fools joke' at first, but she was on a plane to the South Island to begin filming before she knew it.&nbsp;
"I just received at text from a friend down in the South Island and he called me and said he's been doing a bunch of water safety on some films and that this film had approached him and they needs a kayak double for Charlize Theron - and it kind of went from there."&nbsp;
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Luuka Jones-Yaxley: Kiwi Olympian on doubling for Charlize Theron in Netflix's Apex

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