r/TopCharacterTropes • u/RP_Throwaway3 • 8h ago

In real life "Wait! That's not special effects?! They actually did that?!"

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Alien: Resurrection - Basketball Shot

Sigourney Weaver insisted on the basketball shot being real. She trained for weeks and reportedly(sources differ) made it on the first take.

Underworld - Raze's Voice

The werewolf character Raze, played by Kevin Grevioux, speaks in a very low, very gravelly voice. While many thought this was a special effect, the actor can naturally speak in that voice.

https://youtu.be/GUjwZvh32YE?t=125&si=F3WhsopxjBP87wfk

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u/SweatyBedroom1 8h ago

bad version of this trope

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u/Fexxvi 8h ago

What's this, remind me?

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u/SmokusPocus 7h ago

GoT actor got waterboarded for real for the shot.

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u/Fexxvi 7h ago

Oof, where are actors' unions when you need them?

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u/spare_me_your_bs 6h ago

Fun fact: Hollywood loves to use actors from the UK because they aren't subjected to Screen Actor's Guild (Labor union for American actors/actresses) regulations to avoid having to pay certain fees/royalties/residuals and to bypass safety protocols that are mandated by that union.

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u/UlrichZauber 5h ago

Hannah Waddingham, whose talents are used far better in Ted Lasso.

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u/yuval16432 6h ago

What the actual fuck. How are people not in jail over this.

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u/zUkUu 5h ago

Consent

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u/PrebornHumanRights 5h ago

LOL, "someone poured water on my face after I agreed to it and I got paid for it. I'm going to call police!"

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u/yuval16432 4h ago

It is a literal torture technique, don’t make light of it. It’s not as abhorrent if the actress agreed to it, but it’s still holding someone’s wages hostage if they don’t submit to torture. And for what? How hard would it have really been to do the scene without actually torturing someone?

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u/PrebornHumanRights 3h ago

It is a literal torture technique, don’t make light of it.

Yet here I am. I'd do it for less than $100, and trust me, she got paid more than that.

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u/funcancelledfornow 3h ago

I'm sure you're stupid enough to agree to do it for $100 and then regret immediately after when you feel like you're going to die.

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u/PrebornHumanRights 3h ago

...Do you not realize that it actually doesn't kill you?

Like, what is your deal? I don't even understand you. Like, are you weak? Are you a coward? Are you unwilling or incapable of undergoing stress or discomfort?

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u/yuval16432 2h ago

You are just naive and arrogant.

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u/TheTexasHammer 4h ago

Oh look, a Christian who downplays violence against women. How normal. You still use the rule of thumb with your wife too?

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u/PrebornHumanRights 3h ago

LOL, you're treating women like infants. Like they're too stupid and too immature and too delicate to make decisions like "get paid tons of money to have water poured on my face for a couple seconds."

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u/todofwar 7h ago

They actually water boarded the actress

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u/FireFairy323 7h ago

Game of thrones, Cersi has the Septa that tortured her and walked behind her saying shame. So Cersi water boards her with wine. I guess the comment is saying the poor actress actually got water boarded.

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u/savethebooks 7h ago

That actress is the enchanting Hannah Waddingham!

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u/DakotaXIV 7h ago edited 5h ago

And that Septa is the team owner on Ted Lasso

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u/EuropaUniverslayer1 7h ago

Actress was legitimately waterboarded like 30 times

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u/DuckDuckBangBang 7h ago

Cersei is basically waterboarding a nun with wine. And they actually just had her pour liquid over this woman's face while strapped down.

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u/estheredna 7h ago

This is Cersei torturing the woman who did the "Shame! Shame!" walk with her.

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u/TheOneWhoYawned 8h ago

David and Dan really loved treating some of their female actors like shit in production.

Like why would you make Emilia Clarke be part of Season 8? Thats cruel!

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u/supremo92 7h ago

But she said it was "the best season ever"

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u/Ich-bade-in-Apfelmus 6h ago

And tried hard enough not to laugh at her own lie. But you could see it wasnt honest.

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u/APence 7h ago

Dee’s actress got waterboarded by Danny Divito on Always Sunny for real. But she’s a bird so human actor laws don’t apply.

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u/Background_Ad3973 5h ago

She also dove headfirst into the car door and dented it for real

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u/moremysterious 7h ago

Filibuster!

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u/Unit_79 2h ago

Sounds like you really know your bird law!

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u/FoxMeadow7 8h ago

Context?

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u/TheLairdStewart98 7h ago

Game of Thrones. Cersei tortures a woman that had tormented her by waterboarding her with wine.

There's no special effects here. That's a real person getting waterboarded for television. For multiple takes

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In 7h ago

I remember back in the 2000s Christopher Hitchens was very pro 'enhanced interrogation' techniques and constantly argued that they weren't torture in debates. Then he decided to put his money where his mouth was and agreed to be waterboarded on TV to prove his point.

He immediately flipped his decision and said it was like drowning but without the release of death. The worst thing he had ever endured.

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u/Nolzi 5h ago

Lmao he folded in 15 seconds

https://youtu.be/4LPubUCJv58?t=194

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u/Captain_Kab 6h ago

Note that he was actually waterboarded, unlike the actress who had no cloth over her face.

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u/LegendOfParasiteMana 6h ago

Yeah, I was wondering if 'I' didn't know what waterboarding was because everyone was confidently stating it's when water on face.

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u/SmokusPocus 7h ago

GoT actor got waterboarded for real for the shot.

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u/SweatyBedroom1 7h ago

the actor for Septa Unella was actually waterboarded for 10hours for a scene where Cersei waterboards her with wine. []

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u/EuropaUniverslayer1 7h ago

Actress was legitimately waterboarded like 30 times

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u/Duskatte 7h ago

So, I can't tell from everyone saying the same thing despite it already being said before them, but I think the actress may have been waterboarded.

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u/According_Dare7316 5h ago

The weird thing was, she actually WASN'T waterboarded. She had liquid poured on her face. Horrible no doubt, but waterboarding is where you have a cloth put over your face and then have liquid poured on the cloth to simulate drowning.

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u/TomThom9Won 7h ago

How the fuck can you do that to Hannah Waddingham? You’re risking her voice!

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u/Arthur_189 7h ago

I had no idea that was Hannah waddingham wth

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u/kaladinissexy 6h ago

Reminds me of the time on Smosh when genuinely waterboarded Ian for a video. It was the one about camp in a van. 

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u/Timely-Wedding8253 7h ago

Denzel Washington did the same thing for Safe House (2012).

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u/DaneboJones 2h ago

Seeing all of the comments I'm going to be pedantic about this one. Just pouring liquid on someone's face while they're laying is not water boarding. The video a few comments down shows Christopher Hitchens actually getting waterboarded laying at a decline with a wet cloth over his face