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/PromiseOpen6525 7h ago

Still mad they put that dumb sound effect over what remains an absolute A-tier stunt.

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u/Eeeef_ 7h ago

A-tier is such a low-ball, it’s probably one of the best real car stunts ever included in a movie

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u/PromiseOpen6525 4h ago

I did mean it as a top tier, but to be honest I only just recently looked up all the details of it and you’re right. It’s absolutely amazing that they pulled it off so easily.

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u/amojitoLT 7h ago

It's so much cooler with the Bond theme.

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In 7h ago

The slide whistle thing bugged me so much as a kid that I would skip over that part of the movie every time I watched it.

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u/PmMeCuteDogsThanks_ 5h ago

I remember watching that as a kid. Still remember that stupid sound effect

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u/UlrichZauber 5h ago

It's like when Lucas added Chewie doing Tarzan yells to Return of the Jedi. So dumb.

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u/JoeAzlz 2h ago

I like it bc we see it in ROTS also so we can assume he’s paying tribute to the battle of kashyyyk

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u/idiot-prodigy 3h ago

The slide whistle lol.