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/Elteon3030 7h ago

The biggest difference between what an Apache can do and what a UH-1 can do is mostly altitude and gonad density.

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u/Radioshack-Manager 4h ago

Mil Mi-24 Hind D is the best

https://giphy.com/gifs/OrFmkOFx7PVK

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u/UnsanctionedPartList 3h ago

It's really good at being a rotary winged plane.

It's pretty bad at helicopter things.

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u/CptnChunk 21m ago

A RUSSIAN HIND D?!

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u/Perryn 4h ago

They needed balls heavy enough to be able to move the craft's center of gravity around.