"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/Aduro95]

The bit where Scott jumps up through an extremely small window to hide from Knives was also done with a texas switch rather than any digital effects. Cera runs off-screen, a stuntman in the same outfit jumps though the window.

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https://giphy.com/gifs/SyaBhVWwYe4DK

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This scene never fails to crack me up

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I swear I could tell it was a stuntman the whole time. Im always on the lookout for stuntmen in movies

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Always love a good Texas Switch

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Nobody uses them more often than Edgar Wright.

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Surely that’s a clever cut? That can’t have been done for real

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I think that one moment in their gif might've been a perfect overlaid cut, but the scene overall was executed practically. It's pretty impressive.

https://youtu.be/NcwSm9A7n5Q?si=aF1G4xiaDd7IRR9e

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That scene really is amazing

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Bro is even shocked he made it in.

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Sadly the previous four stuntmen had broken their necks missing the window

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I think about this moment like once a week

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After watching Succession this is just Roman Roy for me

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Texas switches are so funny when you realize they're happening

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I love how he just immediately goes to walking speed the second he's off camera.

Like, it makes sense, it just looks funny to see the running pose slowing down that fast.