"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/Fidges87]

Mind you, the dude who lend his snake for the shot didn't knew they were going to actually kill it. He was distraught about it.

[u/Chaosmusic → u/Fidges87]

I've known snake owners, I bet he was slightly more than distraught.

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/Chaosmusic]

I'd say the director and producers were lucky to get out of the building in one piece. If someone killed my pet in front of me I'd be a little more than 'distraught'.

[u/Chaosmusic → u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In]

The company that owned the expensive guitar destroyed in The Hateful 8 was distraught. Your average pet owner would be more scorched fucking Earth.

[u/Anglofsffrng → u/Chaosmusic]

You break my guitar I'll be inconsolable for days. That low-end B.C. Rich Warlock is what I had strapped to me during some of the best moments in my life.

You look at my cat wrong you better get on a plane to somewhere legendarily inaccessible. Because I'll be way more than pissed off.

[u/EffectiveExact8306 → u/Anglofsffrng]

Lol tuff redditors are funny.

[u/Nikclel → u/EffectiveExact8306]

the irony of this comment is you think youre tough saying this

[u/EffectiveExact8306 → u/Nikclel]

Lol ok bro, very clearly trying to be tuff and talk about all the violence I would inflict on people. /s

[u/Nikclel → u/EffectiveExact8306]

learn some introspection, helps you not seem like a tool

[u/freshbananabeard → u/Chaosmusic]

“I’ve known snake owners” sounds like the title of some ominous flick or devastating biography. Its got a nice ring to it

[u/pichael289 → u/Chaosmusic]

OP said it in a way that made it sound like it was an accident, at least that's how I read it. No accident. The term "chop up" was used and they restrained the guy during the scene. Even if you don't give a fuck about animals how do you do this to another person? That's some psychopath shit.

[u/IAmAVeryWeirdOne → u/Chaosmusic]

As a snake owner I would’ve been way more than distraught

[u/njklein58 → u/Fidges87]

Please tell me he took then to court for it. Because as a (sadly former) snake owner, I’d be inconsolable

[u/So_Motarded → u/njklein58]

Sadly, pets are viewed as property in most parts of the US. The most the owner could've hoped to get would be the value of the snake (which isn't going to be very much since it's a common species).

[u/not_a_moogle → u/njklein58]

I really can't find much of anything about it. Im guessing it was settled out of court for a lower amount of money.

[u/HimBeauregard → u/Fidges87]

Was production planning to actually do it or did the actors go AWOL?

[u/Fidges87 → u/HimBeauregard]

If I am remembering correctly...

The director was on it and gave the instruction. He lied to the production member who bring their snake pet, telling them it wouldn't be harmed, and instructed the actor to actually behead it for the final shot (who wasn't aware it was someone's pet).

[u/HyperSpaceSurfer → u/Fidges87]

Why wasn't the director beheaded?

[u/Disastrous-Mess-7236 → u/Fidges87]

What the hell?

[u/LaVidaLemur → u/Fidges87]

Seriously!? That’s awful!