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One of the many reasons why Alien is so incredible (lemmy.world)
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[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Let's not forget that no one on-screen in that specific scene other than the host (John Hurt) was aware that the character was swapped for a neck-down prosthetic, so every single reaction by each actor was genuinely horrific in that they each "saw" a prop explode out of a human body. IIRC, the director went on to pay for counseling for most (all?) of said actors after the fact.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did not know this. That makes it way wilder, and also a much better movie. I do feel bad for the actors in this situation, but also no better method acting than watching your costar literally explode next to you as a chestburster comes out with zero knowledge that it was carefully planned by the special effects team. Also, big gamble. If someone broke character, they would have to redo the whole thing. Shock value is gone, all the special effects prep work has to be redone, everybody already wants to vomit, etc

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While this is true, I want you to go back and rewatch that scene with special attention to Parker (Yaphet Kotto, also the first black Bond villain!) and tell me that guy didn't catch some serious trauma from that "gamble". 🥹

[–] revdrnegative@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

He was the first one to pop into my mind while reading about that. That looks..