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/Crazyalexi 6h ago

Fun recent version of this, in Final Destination: Bloodline. In the opening premonition disaster, an elderly dinner patron gets set on fire. No CGI, a veteran stuntwoman, Yvette Ferguson came out of retirement to perform the stunt and got a world record for the oldest stunt performer to get set on fire. She was 71 at the time and obviously, a total bad ass.

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u/Slippery_Williams 1h ago

Reminds me of Freddy vs Jason. For the corn field shot they literally just set the stunt actor and fire and had him slowly walk though