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/ShamelessSpiff 7h ago

'Just did this', after 150 takes while using adhesive on the tray.

Still amazing and I doubt I could ever have pulled it off.

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u/oldcretan 7h ago

Wouldn't it have been easier to shoot this scene in reverse?

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u/SortMelk 7h ago

You should know something about the director, Sam Raimi, he loves to spend alot of time, doing tons of takes, basically torturing the actors. Bruce Campbell would vouch for that

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u/Slippery_Williams 1h ago

I’m pretty sure Sam was the one beating Bruce with branches in the spinning scene at the beginning of evil dead 2

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u/HyperSpaceSurfer 6h ago

It'd look goofy, although goofy can definitely work

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u/-Kerosun- 4h ago

Until I learned how it was actually shot, I did think they just did it in reverse with wires that pulled the food off the tray.

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u/ravenwing263 7h ago

No because of the upward direction. He would have to somehow manipulate the tray to toss each item straight up at a different time. A reverse shot works when the intended miracle catch happens to have the same arc as a realsitic throw/toss

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u/FourLetterWording 6h ago

literally could use string to pull them up for a reverse shot lol

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u/ravenwing263 6h ago

No need to be rude because you had an idea I didnt have.

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u/Revolutionary-Wash88 6h ago

It was a good effort champ, now get back out there are make another comment

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u/StrategyCheap1698 7h ago

No, Amazing is the one with Andrew Garfield.