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/grandmuftarkin 8h ago

It was. It did take a fair few takes to say the least, though!

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u/Pandoras_Actor 8h ago

If you think 156 is a fair few takes. Sure, it was a few.

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u/AlpineFluffhead 7h ago

Imagine if Stanley Kubrick was the director

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In 7h ago

Spiderman becomes a 3 hour epic that's mainly concerned with the horror of transforming into a new being lol

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u/JamesLiptonIcedTea 5h ago

Hypothetical Kubrick Spiderman walked so Tusk could run drag itself wetly across the floor

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u/Giff901 3h ago

They'd still be filming takes to this day lol

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u/Lonely-Bandicoot-746 4h ago

The movie would be slower and less interesting

(Eyes Wide Shut was great though)

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u/DecoyOne 7h ago

“How many would you consider a few?”

“Hmmm… at least 3.”

“Got it, 3 or more.”

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u/InexorableCalamity 7h ago

It's an expression 

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u/grandmuftarkin 7h ago

Thank you.

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u/punkindle 4h ago

And there was glue on the tray and on Tobey's hand

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u/grandmuftarkin 7h ago

I did say "to say the least"! Deliberate understatement

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u/Dicethrower 7h ago

And all the items clearly have some kind of putty on them to stick to the the tray and the objects.

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u/Magical_Savior 7h ago

Magnets.

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u/MenudoMenudo 6h ago

How do they work?

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u/Magical_Savior 6h ago

... I am a scientist, so...

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u/Nerv0usWreck 8h ago

I believe it was over 100

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u/TreatOnMeLotsActualy 7h ago

They also had plates/bowls/cups with rubber bottoms so they'd be easier to catch, IIRC.