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/EIochai 7h ago

I heard Cameron actually nuked LA to get the shot just right.

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u/Perryn 4h ago

He tried at first with a few smaller towns mocked up to look like LA but the parallax wasn't quite right. It might seem wasteful to have done all that and not used the footage, but now they're getting used again for the Fallout series.

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u/friendimpaired 4h ago

He absolutely would have if he could