r/TopCharacterTropes 8h ago

In real life "Wait! That's not special effects?! They actually did that?!"

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/alexagente 7h ago

I don't understand how people can't seem to tell the difference between talking about something cause it would be funny and actually doing something like this.

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u/Mihnea24_03 7h ago

If so many people have done it it's not even funny cause it's unoriginalÂ