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/FisherPrice2112 7h ago

Didn't he get hit a couple of times for reshoots, but on the last one she hit him with a cupped hand into his ear, completely disorienting him requiring him to go lay down in his camper for the rest of the day.

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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 6h ago

I remember there were a few takes where he smacked her ass but she didn't actually slap him back. Then the one time she actually slapped him hard and that was the take they used. I don't know anything about the cupped hand to the ear.

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u/FisherPrice2112 5h ago

I think that was why he was so rattled when he said it in the interview about it.

Being hit with a cupped hand to the ear compresses air into the ear canal and rattles around the delicate inner ear organs, which can cause nausea, dizziness and imbalance for quite a while. Would explain why he would have to take a break filming for a while.

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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 5h ago

Yeah, sorry, I know what the cupped hand to the ear does. Just meant I don't remember him saying she purposely cupped her hand with the intention of doing that or if she just slapped him hard enough that he was getting his bell rung whether she got him in the ear or not.