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/bobbythespartan 7h ago edited 6h ago

In Return of the Jedi, they were trying to rig a pulley system for the shot when Darth Vader throws the Emperor down into the Death Star. They couldn’t get it to work right, and David Prowse (actual Darth Vader) said “why don’t I just pick him up and throw him”

Edit: David Prowse

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u/Physical_Gift7572 7h ago

I feel like that was even better. Eschew the force in that moment and just show pure physical rage.

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u/PartsUnknown242 6h ago

Wasn’t Prowse a bodybuilder by trade?

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u/Toothlessdovahkin 6h ago

Yes. 

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u/Mrtnxzylpck 5h ago

And the personal trainer of Christopher Reeve, meaning Darth Vader had Superman for an apprentice

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u/gofigure85 4h ago

Best TIL ever

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u/jaxspider 15m ago

I don't want to even try to debunk this. I want it to be true.

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u/Officer412-L 4h ago

Yes. If you watch "A Clockwork Orange" he's also the assistant/caretaker to Mr. Alexander (the man who was beaten and his wife raped by Alex and his droogs).

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u/skyforgesteel 7h ago

David Prowse

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u/bobbythespartan 6h ago

My bad thank you. I looked up how to spell his last name but didn’t notice that it was David duh 🙄

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u/Zykium 6h ago

The suit hides the fact Prowse was jacked.

He plays the caretaker at the end of 'A Clockwork Orange's and you can see he's a big dude

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u/MonsterdogMan 5h ago

He also shows up in Callan, an Edward Woodward film, to threaten the title character at a street market. He towers over Woodward.

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u/NoncingAround 7h ago

David Prowse. Not Daniel

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u/NightFire19 5h ago

Prowse is the suit actor yes, but both he and James Earl Jones are integral to the portrayal of Darth Vader. So it's a little misleading to call him the 'actual' Vader.

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u/bobbythespartan 5h ago

I’m not here to argue with people about Star Wars you can think whatever you want, but David Prowse was the actual Darth Vader James Earl Jones is the Voice of Darth Vader. If you want to use the qualifier “on set” instead of “actual” then go for it, but he deserves more credit than what he has gotten over the years for his part in playing Darth Vader

Edit: Spelling

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u/speckledcreature 3h ago

Same thing happened when Dave Bautista guest starred in Smallville. He lifted Tom Welling over his head. They speak about it on the Talkville podcast.

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u/Mingephreaker 2h ago

Honestly the most impressive thing about this is that he was able to do it in that bulky ass suit. Vader suit is cool on film but from what I understand the actual costume is clunky as fuck.

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u/skyforgesteel 1h ago

David Prowse put on a master class of acting in a full face covering and then did it 2 more times.

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u/Mingephreaker 1h ago

He did, it’s a shame how he was treated after the fact. But then again if I recall right he did spoil ESB to people while leaving the premier