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** Director Michael Cimino convinced Christopher Walken to actually spit in Robert de Niro's face. De Niro was completely surprised by it, as evidenced by his reaction. |
** Director Michael Cimino convinced Christopher Walken to actually spit in Robert de Niro's face. De Niro was completely surprised by it, as evidenced by his reaction. |
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** The slapping in the Russian roulette scenes was real as well and genuinely heightened the actors' tension. |
** The slapping in the Russian roulette scenes was real as well and genuinely heightened the actors' tension. |
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* Attempted in ''[[The Descent ( |
* Attempted in ''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]''. The crawlers were kept hidden from the cast until [[The Reveal]] and the actresses were given the sole instruction to stay in the same place for the shot. When it appeared, everyone got such a fright they went running to the other side of the set. At least the effort wasn't a complete waste, they did say that it shook them up pretty bad for the next take... |
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* In the climactic scene of ''[[Die Hard]]'' where Hans Gruber falls out the building. [[Alan Rickman]] was suspended over 40 feet in the air and told that he was going to be let go on a count of 3 where he would safely land on the safety mat...except they dropped him on '''''2''''', and the [[Oh Crap|look of panic on his face]] is definitely ''not'' acted; one is not surprised to learn that he was ''extremely'' angry with the director after that day's shooting was over. |
* In the climactic scene of ''[[Die Hard]]'' where Hans Gruber falls out the building. [[Alan Rickman]] was suspended over 40 feet in the air and told that he was going to be let go on a count of 3 where he would safely land on the safety mat...except they dropped him on '''''2''''', and the [[Oh Crap|look of panic on his face]] is definitely ''not'' acted; one is not surprised to learn that he was ''extremely'' angry with the director after that day's shooting was over. |
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* In ''[[The Elephant Man]]'', John Hurt in playing the title role needed to wear extensive prosthetics. This was before latex, let alone lightweight foam latex, came into much use--so his prosthetics were extremely heavy, about twenty pounds of weight glued to his head and shoulders. When he tried to lie down and sleep a few hours before going on-set the first time the makeup was applied... Suffice it to say that he was found in the morning sleeping sitting up, in the same manner Merrick was known to. |
* In ''[[The Elephant Man]]'', John Hurt in playing the title role needed to wear extensive prosthetics. This was before latex, let alone lightweight foam latex, came into much use--so his prosthetics were extremely heavy, about twenty pounds of weight glued to his head and shoulders. When he tried to lie down and sleep a few hours before going on-set the first time the makeup was applied... Suffice it to say that he was found in the morning sleeping sitting up, in the same manner Merrick was known to. |
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* The scene where [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] is in a pool with sharks in ''[[Thunderball]]'' was meant to be filmed with the sharks in a plexiglass tunnel. When it turned out not enough glass was available and there would be a hole in the tunnel, the filmmakers elected not to tell Sean Connery, as he was terrified of the sharks and they knew they would never be able to get him in the pool if he was aware of the problem. Hence the terrified look on his face when the shark comes after him, and then his practically doing a vertical leap out of the water. |
* The scene where [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] is in a pool with sharks in ''[[Thunderball]]'' was meant to be filmed with the sharks in a plexiglass tunnel. When it turned out not enough glass was available and there would be a hole in the tunnel, the filmmakers elected not to tell Sean Connery, as he was terrified of the sharks and they knew they would never be able to get him in the pool if he was aware of the problem. Hence the terrified look on his face when the shark comes after him, and then his practically doing a vertical leap out of the water. |
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* In ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', in the Saigon scene where Bond and Lin steal a motorcycle, the director instructed each of the actors separately that they would be driving the bike, resulting in the desired scuffle over who would sit in front. |
* In ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', in the Saigon scene where Bond and Lin steal a motorcycle, the director instructed each of the actors separately that they would be driving the bike, resulting in the desired scuffle over who would sit in front. |
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* During the boat chase on the Thames at the beginning of ''[[ |
* During the boat chase on the Thames at the beginning of ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'', two traffic cops writing a ticket and attaching a parking clamp to a car at the riverside get a lot of water splashed onto them when Bond slams his boat round a corner. Apparently the actors were told they would get a ''bit'' wet and the rest of the crew was worried to get the scene right the first time, because the reaction just wouldn't be the same in the second take. |
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* ''[[Goldfinger]]'': |
* ''[[Goldfinger]]'': |
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** When [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] electrocutes the [[Mook]] by dropping the fan in the bathtub right at the start of the film, the special effects included high-pressure steam jets, which scalded the leg of the actor, unable to escape due to the way the cable of the fan had wrapped itself around his leg. The look of pain was real. |
** When [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] electrocutes the [[Mook]] by dropping the fan in the bathtub right at the start of the film, the special effects included high-pressure steam jets, which scalded the leg of the actor, unable to escape due to the way the cable of the fan had wrapped itself around his leg. The look of pain was real. |
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