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Sneaky CGI, unexpected dubbing, and other times movie scenes secretly tricked you.
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00:00Learning about precisely how these masterful filmmakers successfully pulled the wall
00:05over your eyes doesn't take anything away from the flick in question.
00:10It simply makes you respect and admire the wonders of movie magic that little bit more.
00:15So without further ado let's dive into more of those times films brilliantly deceived you with
00:20you even noticing because I am Gareth here from whatculture.com and here I am.
00:2510 More Movie Scenes You Didn't Realize Were Tricking You
00:2810. The CG
00:30Was Strong With One Unexpected Anakin Shot
00:33Star Wars Episode 3 Revealed
00:35It's been well documented how each and every clone trooper seen in the star
00:40wars prequel trilogy was entirely CGI. However what you may not have realized
00:45is that a certain fallen Jedi also wandered over to the digital side for one pen
00:50particularly iconic scene. As revealed by Juan Luis Sanchez on X
00:55one of the digital artists who worked on both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith
00:59his time on
01:00one that latter film saw him having to create simulations for one specific
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01:0526th moment. According to Sanchez Hayden Christensen wasn't actually on screen
01:10for the overhead shot of Anakin Skywalker marching into the Jedi Temple with a 500 and
01:14f-
01:15Instead the digital wizards simmed the shot, with it only taking a grand total of
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01:20one or two takes to nail the look of the CGI Darth Vader's cloak naturally-
01:25moving as he strutted across the screen. And you'll never watch it the same way again!
01:30Number 9, The Terminator was using a prop gun for that trick-
01:34Terminator 2-
01:35Judgment Day Trying to do Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator
01:392 Judgment Day spin.
01:40Reload Move With Your Usual Shotgun Would Be Pretty Damn Difficult Due To How Small The
01:45Leather Typically Is So A Modified Prop With A Bigger Leather Was Actually Designed
01:50Especially For The Iconic Reloading Sequences, Secretly Tricking You Into Believing That
01:55The T-800 Was Pulling Off This Move With Your Standard Fake Shotgun When Firing
02:00At The Sinister T-1000 According To The Film's Director's Commentary
02:05Though
02:05There Was One Occasion When The Multiple Time Mr. Olympia Accidentally Picked Up The Wrong
02:10Version
02:10Of The Prop Shotgun And Went For One Of His Trademark Spins
02:14With This One Having A Small
02:15Leather Than What He Was Used To The Big Lad Who Had Already Ripped Away The Skin
02:19On His Hands Due To All
02:20Of His Shotgun Spinning Practice Got His Fingers Caught And The Weight Of The Weapon
02:25Snapping Back
02:25Back On His Hand Nearly Broke It His Hand Not The Weapon Even The Most Effective
02:30Big S-
02:30Screen Tricks Come At A Painful Price Sometimes
02:33Now I've Got A Quick Question For You
02:34What's The Coolest
02:35Moments In An Action Movie Of All Time
02:38Is It This Spinning Shotgun Stuff
02:40Or Some
02:40Something Else?
02:41Let Me Know In The Comment Section Down Below
02:428.
02:43Mary Poppins Bathroom Dip
02:45It Wasn't CGI
02:46And Mary Poppins Returns
02:48It Would Have Likely Been A Whole Lot Easier To Sim-
02:50Simply Chuck A Digital Emily Blunt Into A Bubble Bath And Have Her Magically Disappear
02:55Into The Sun
02:55Suds
02:56Where's The Fun In That Though?
02:58Instead Of Heading Down The CGI Route Then
03:00The Creative Special Effects Squad Working On Rob Marshall's Mary Poppins Returns
03:05Decided To
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03:34and some committed thespians to realize a magical moment audiences didn't even know.
03:397. Ben Affleck's voice was dubbed over Buffy
03:44The Vampire Slayer
03:45One of the eventual Batman's earliest roles actually came in 19...
03:491992's Buffy The Vampire Slayer flick that landed on screens before the eventual...
03:54hit series of the same name.
03:57Here, the future Good Will Hunting star and writer...
03:59played the part of a basketball player.
04:02Given the one line of take it man when a super...
04:04natural member of the opposition wandered in front of him.
04:07And while you may have spotted this early Ben Affleck...
04:09appearance during a random watch of the early 90s horror comedy...
04:13you likely didn't notice the...
04:14fact that this wasn't actually the actor's voice in the finished article.
04:18Whilst chatting with James...
04:19recording on The Late Late Show...
04:21the star explained how he felt he did well with his few words in the film...
04:24on the day.
04:25But the minute he sat down to watch the movie in theaters...
04:28he soon realized that...
04:29the director had gotten someone else to dub over his line.
04:33Likely because he just didn't enjoy...
04:34what he brought to the table.
04:36This particular dubbing trick probably got past just about every...
04:39person on the planet.
04:41Except a poor young Affleck sitting down to take in his big...
04:44moment of course.
04:46Poor guy.
04:47Number 6.
04:48The God of Thunder's Mighty CGI...
04:49Thor Ragnarok slash Avengers Infinity War.
04:53During the events of Taika Waititi's...
04:54colorful hit Thor Ragnarok...
04:56the God of Thunder himself loses an eye as he clashes with his...
04:59goddess of death's sister Hela.
05:01From there and for much of the epic that was the Russo brothers...
05:04Avengers Infinity War...
05:05Thor can be found wearing a pretty cool eye patch as he interacts with the likes...
05:09of the Mad Titan and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
05:12The patch looks so legit throughout those aforementioned...
05:14MCU flicks.
05:16Fans didn't have any reason to believe this wasn't a practical eye cover.
05:19attached to Chris Hemsworth's face.
05:21The Australian sensation would reveal to CinemaBlend in the...
05:24lead up to that third Avengers team-up however...
05:27that this patch was actually a fully digital piece...
05:29of protection.
05:30That's right, after attempting to move around sets with a practical version of the eye...
05:34The fact it kept falling off resulted in the Ragnarok team going for a CGI alternative...
05:39instead.
05:40And the visual effects team behind the CGI patch did such a remarkable job...
05:44It's still tough to accept the fact this item of clothing wasn't actually present on set...
05:49during so many Thor scenes.
05:51Number 5.
05:52Forced perspective was used to drop...
05:54a human elf into class.
05:56Elf.
05:57Arguably one of the most iconic moments to tumble out of...
05:59Jon Favreau's Christmas Delight, Elf, came early on.
06:03During one of the first moments, the teacher...
06:04a popular, enthusiastic figure popped up on screen.
06:06Though you may have initially presumed so, the director...
06:09the director didn't just have Will Ferrell placed into the scene...
06:12involving the significantly larger buddy learning...
06:14doing some elf lessons with his much smaller pals via some digital technology.
06:18Favreau actually...
06:19decided to use one of the oldest movie magic tricks in the book.
06:22As the director revealed to...
06:24Forced perspective was used to convince audiences into thinking a massive buddy was...
06:29squeezed into a desk beside his classmates.
06:31In reality, Favreau was actually a few meters...
06:34closer to the camera than the rest of his fellow actors.
06:37With the folks behind the equipment choosing specific...
06:39angles to help give off the illusion of Buddy towering over everyone else in the room.
06:44This wasn't a Christmas miracle, folks.
06:46It was just good old-fashioned and clever filmmaking.
06:49Number 4.
06:50Fred is secretly played by a mind to mess with your head.
06:53I am legend.
06:54In one of the more unsettling scenes that go down in 2007's adaptation of Rick...
06:59Richard Matheson's I Am Legend novel, Dr. Robert Neville suddenly and surprisingly catches...
07:04his mannequin pal Fred stood outside of Grand Central Station.
07:08But it's the moment that...
07:09the camera lingers on Fred for the first time here...
07:11that really left audiences questioning what they...
07:14were watching.
07:15At a glance, it seems as though the filmmakers are perhaps just tricking you into believing...
07:19the inanimate object's head only looks like it's moving due to the bobbing camera movements.
07:24However, the team did actually use a real life mind to play the mannequin for this ever so subtle...
07:29the head turn.
07:30Showing how Robert was likely just hallucinating the action that forced him to wander close...
07:34closer to what was actually a trap set by the Darkseekers.
07:37It's such a sneaky and...
07:39masterfully executed trick of sorts...
07:41folks are likely still double taking the creepy and seemingly...
07:44impossible moment during a rewatch to this day.
07:473.
07:48Part of the Burj Khali...
07:49The movie for moments was shot in Vancouver...
07:51Mission Impossible...
07:52Ghost Protocol...
07:53Tom Cruise...
07:54Ghost definitely went for a ridiculous climb up the Burj Khalifa during the making of Mission
07:58Impossible...
07:59Ghost Protocol...
07:59Yep, that did happen.
08:00However, there was actually one specific moment during this...
08:04thrilling Ethan Hunt stunt that required an easily missed piece of CGI.
08:09Now...
08:09How sure the various wires used to keep the Megastar from plummeting to the Dubai ground...
08:13were also...
08:14obviously erased thanks to some digital intervention.
08:16But there's also one particular shot as Ethan...
08:19senses an incoming sandstorm...
08:21which would have actually been physically impossible to achieve on...
08:24the real building and needed CGI assistance.
08:27When the camera pans around from in front of...
08:29of Cruise's face to behind it as the storm closes in...
08:32ILM VFX artist Todd Vaz...
08:34Ziri, who worked on the flick, told Corridor Crew...
08:37this moment is actually in Vancouver...
08:39Cruise was 20 feet in the air...
08:41some of the real Vancouver sky is present...
08:44and the space the star eventually looks at is all blue screen.
08:47The window behind him was also...
08:49removed as the camera swings around...
08:51to get that all-important over-the-shoulder shot of...
08:54PC.
08:55But again...
08:56he did climb that building, baby!
08:57Number 2...
08:58An ambulance...
08:59was flipped using an old-school trick...
09:01the creator...
09:02Gareth Edwards used a super...
09:04trick when he found himself needing to flip an ambulance...
09:06during this year's sci-fi epic...
09:08The Creator...
09:09Rather than have his actors be legitimately flipped about...
09:12as the vehicle was turned practically...
09:14or use CGI to throw in some digital doubles for the moment...
09:17the film's cinematographer...
09:19and software revealed Edwards' far simpler approach to Collider...
09:22Already happy with the exterior...
09:24shots of the ambulance they had in the can...
09:26Edwards knew they just needed a brief shot that...
09:29tricked audiences into thinking the actors were being flipped within the vehicle...
09:33So the director simply...
09:34had his stars hop into the parked outside ambulance...
09:37and after a three-second countdown...
09:39John Edwards rotated the camera 90 degrees...
09:41whilst the actors threw themselves around the space...
09:44The prop department even helped out by throwing up random objects...
09:47found in the ambulance too...
09:49And just like that...
09:50the quick shot they needed was born...
09:52Number one...
09:53The scenery you see...
09:54in reflections were actually lights...
09:56Knives out...
09:57To get around the unintentional sight of light...
09:59lighting equipment in the glasses of characters...
10:01like Jamie Lee Curtis' Linda Drysdale...
10:03In Ryan Jones...
10:04first magnificent Knives out mystery...
10:06One of the film's grips had a marvellous idea...
10:09As the film's cinematographer Steve Yedlin would eventually note on X...
10:13The scenes involved...
10:14involving folks in glasses being interviewed by some police detectives...
10:17actually boasted some genius...
10:19art from key grip map mania...
10:21In order to disguise the aforementioned lighting equipment...
10:24being used for the conversation...
10:26Mania sculpted Matt to turn the equipment into what looked like...
10:29scenery that fit the scene in question...
10:31You may have thought you were just catching the odd reflection...
10:34of some household objects also in the room...
10:36Curtis and co were shooting in...
10:38but you were actually seeing...
10:39secretly being tricked by some cleverly disguised lighting...
10:42You love to see it...
10:43Well...
10:44You get what I mean...
10:45And that's our list...
10:46Not any other movie scenes people didn't realise...
10:48were triggered...
10:49Well...
10:50Let us know all about them in the comments section...
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11:04I've been Gareth from WhatCulture.com...
11:06Cheers for checking out this video today...
11:08Hopefully we'll see you again...
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11:11Just be good to yourself...
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