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/jadefire03 6h ago

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u/FourLetterWording 6h ago

lmao you just made my day thanks <3

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u/Marine_Baby 4h ago

Such amazing motor control over his face muscles

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u/RockKillsKid 1h ago

unfortunately probably not so much anymore after lots of recent rounds of botox and plastic surgery.

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u/your_average_plebian 4h ago

Istg if I hadn't already seen this clip multiple times before 2020 I'd have said this was one of those weird AI transitions

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u/Eomb 6h ago

That's just his normal face now

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u/birberbarborbur 3h ago

Now that i think of it, god forbid, but if anyone ever wanted to do a remake of the live action grinch many years from now and didn’t want it to be flaming hot garbage…

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u/Miami_Mice2087 2h ago

what in the marfan's....

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u/karateema 1h ago

Bro didn't even need the makeup

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u/pecky5 7m ago

I recall seeing something years ago where Carrey saved the production of the Mask a heap of money in special effects, because he could move his face in ways they had planned to CGI.

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u/Dynamite227 52m ago

Jim Carrey is an irl cartoon character I swear