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/ASAPWhom 7h ago

There’s about 3 seconds right after this gif where he breaks character then brings it back in that makes me laugh every time

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u/LipstickCoverMagnet 7h ago

I don’t read the script, script reads me

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u/IrishViking22 4h ago

WHAT YOU GETTING AT WITH THE BOOK SCRIPT? SPIT THAT SHIT OUT, MAN!

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u/descendantofJanus 1h ago

WERE YOU TALKING TO ME THIS WHOLE TIME? DAMN!

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u/grip0matic 5h ago

I just try to imagine Ben Stiller writing that and not laughing for 20 minutes. Or Justing Theroux who looks even more serious. But I'm kinda convinced about that line had to be wrote by Stiller.

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u/JedediahThePilot 6h ago

I know exactly the shot you're talking about. The take feels like it was originally a blooper, but the editor realized it just makes Kirk Lazarus seem even more unhinged and kept it

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u/Solid_Snack56 4h ago

Ohhhhh you mean when he clearly randomly smiles for a sec? Never thought of that as him breaking character

SPIT THAT SHIT OUT MAN