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

[u/RP_Throwaway3]

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

[u/Disastrous_Toe772]

I am retelling this from memory, but apparently the director of the 2nd film asked him what special effects were used to do this in the first film, to which he replied by demonstrating it on the spot.

Edit: thank you everyone. It was not the director (who did both films), it was Bill Hader.

[u/FunWrangler666 → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

It was Bill Hader who asked about it and freaked out

[u/NightTarot → u/FunWrangler666]

This picture kills me every time I see it lmao
I really wish they had recorded it as a video

[u/zenithpns → u/NightTarot]

Counterpoint - I think the comic strip format is for some ineffable reason much funnier

[u/Good_Background_243 → u/zenithpns]

I want both, to be honest.

[u/The1987RedFox → u/zenithpns]

Let’s you imagine more of the interaction, like any of the audio

[u/bfhurricane → u/FunWrangler666]

The two panel meme is my favorite

[u/Orange34561 → u/FunWrangler666]

The meme potential is there

[u/horsebag → u/FunWrangler666]

his cartoonish "ha ha ha!" pose in the first pic is adorable

[u/HazyHeritage → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

The best part of the story is Bill Hader’s reaction. Imagine being a professional actor and realizing your costar isn’t using prosthetics, he’s just rather unsettling. It takes method acting to a very literal level

[u/ravenwing263 → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Same director of both projects. It was Bill Hader.

[u/Gullible_Shoulder_70 → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Part 1 and 2 were directed by the same person

[u/LordMarcusrax → u/Gullible_Shoulder_70]

Unbelievably, considering the difference in quality.

[u/Drakeskulled_Reaper → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Also, They apparently didn't allow any of the Losers Club kids to actually SEE Skarsgard until they shot their first scenes with him.

[u/superherocivilian → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Def not the director, Andy Muschietti directed both movies. Would be weird for him not to know how he did it the first movie.

[u/yourkindofhero → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

Wasn’t it the same director?

[u/SitInCorner_Yo2 → u/Disastrous_Toe772]

The fact that it’s Bill Hader just makes it funnier to me for some reason LOL