10 little-known stories from film sets that a self-respecting moviegoer should know
Cinema is a whole world hidden on the set. And, as befits the whole world, it is full of all sorts of surprises and secrets. However, unlike real life, cinematic secrets often become public. And the producers are happy, because it increases interest in the film. Well, let's make the producers happy.
To make the boxing match in the movie "Rocky" look plausible, Sylvester Stallone asked Dolph Lundgren to hit him in the chest for real. Then I went to the hospital for eight days.
On the set of Quentin Tarantino's "The Abominable Eight" Kurt Russell smashed a vintage guitar from 1870, specially rented for the film. Although I should have used a duplicate. The prop was not patted on the head.
In the "Alien" scene, when the xenomorph is selected from the human chest, the horror of the actors is not feigned. Director Ridley Scott decided not to warn them about how it would look so that the emotions were real. And I was not mistaken. One supporting actress even fainted.
The performer of the role of Sarah Connor in the first two parts of "Terminator" Linda Hamilton has a twin sister. It was she who played Sarah in the scene in which the T1000 transformed into John Connor's mother. And Linda acted as the T1000.
David Holmes, the understudy of Daniel Radcliffe in the film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", during the performance of one of the tricks so unsuccessfully hit his head against the wall that he remained paralyzed. After that, Radcliffe organized a fundraiser to pay for Holmes' college studies.
Much more money was spent on the creation of the film "Titanic" than on the construction of the ill-fated liner.
Upon completion of filming, Stanley Kubrick destroyed almost all the props of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey", as he did not want it to be used in lesser-known science fiction films.
In the movie "Indiana Jones: In Search of the Lost Ark", hieroglyphs in the form of robots R2-D2 and C-3PO can be seen on the walls of the ancient temple. This is a reference to the fifth episode of "Star Wars", released a year before "Indiana Jones". Harrison Ford shines in both films.
And more about "Star Wars". It's hard to believe, but Chewbacca's costume was made of real human hair.