Rosamund Pike Practiced Love Scenes on Dora the Explorer Doll!

Rosamund Pike got an Oscar nomination for her work in Gone Girl and it seems her practice for the role paid off… practice that she did with a Dora the Explorer doll!

The 37-year-old actress revealed during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Thursday (November 10) that she rehearsed love scenes for the movie with the doll.

“I rehearsed with a Dora the Explorer doll in my back yard, probably in full view of the neighbors,” Rosamund said. She says she also went to a local butchers to get violent with meat to practice Amy’s behavior.

“I’d never cut anyone’s throat so I went to a local butchers and with great determination set about the carcasses with a Stanley knife in full view of customers,” she said.

Pictured inside: Rosamund stepping out after taping the episode in London, England.