That They Became A Real Challenge For The Actors
When we watch a movie, we often don't take into account that the director carefully planned each scene and that what we're seeing is the result of his mind's images of him on the screen. So sometimes, for a scene to turn out exactly the way the director wanted, it is necessary to reshoot it several times. In fact, a take that seems simple can take an entire day of recording.
These 12 scenes are pretty well known in the movie world, but Bright Side did some research and they were actually very difficult to film. Whether it was because the take had to be repeated multiple times or because the actors had to be exposed to situations they weren't used to, these takes required more time and effort than others.
1. Spider-Man
The scene where Mary Jane slips in the cafeteria and Peter Parker stops her from falling by holding her with one arm while catching all the food on the tray with the other, like an expert juggler, was not shot with special effects. It's a real shot that required 156 recordings and some glue on Tobey Maguire's hand to keep the tray from falling off.
2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Om Cruise is famous for doing stunts himself where many other actors would require a double. And so he did when he had to scale the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, at 828 meters high. The actor was hanging out of the tower 518 meters above the ground. This was probably one of the most complicated takes of his career of him, but the result is one of the most impressive scenes in action cinema.
3.The Bridge over the River Kwai
To shoot the final scene of the film, in which the bridge is destroyed, they did not build a mockup or scale model, but rather a wooden bridge that they actually detonated for the film. This scene cost a lot of time and money, plus it had to be shot in a single take with no room for error.
4.Extermination
In order to film the scene in which we see London completely deserted, the police closed some of the main streets of the city at 4 am. m. and filming was to be completed within an hour. To achieve this, some promoters kindly asked the drivers to wait an hour or take another route to reach their destination.
5.The Shining
Stanley Kubrick is known for being extremely detailed. In this film, there were several scenes that had to be repeated until the director was satisfied. Both leads declared that it was one of the toughest movies they had to shoot. The scene in which Wendy defends herself against Jack with a bat had to be repeated many times, leading the actress to a high state of stress.
6.Titanic
Imagine having to endure being submerged in cold water for hours. This is what happened to the cast of Titanic. They had to work with ice water tanks and repeat scenes resisting the cold. In the scene where Rose runs through the halls looking for Jack, the water they used came from the Pacific Ocean. It was so cold that Rose's reaction to being submerged in the water was Kate Winslet's actual reaction, that she suffered hypothermia and almost had to leave the set.
7.City Lights
Charlie Chaplin was a perfectionist; all of his movements had to be extremely precise. In this film, the scene where a blind young woman offers him flowers in the park had to be replayed 342 times because he was unconvinced by the way the girl believed her client was a millionaire instead of a homeless man.
8.Robocop
The scene where Robocop catches some keys in the air lasts only a few seconds in the film, but due to the heavy suit the protagonist had to wear and the fact that the gloves were made of foam rubber, it took almost an entire day of filming to make it look like natural and totally spectacular.
9.The Master of Dragons
Jackie Chan is an icon who works very hard in his movies of him so that every one of his movements is perfect to satisfy his fans. This scene in particular is one of the most repeated in the history of cinema. It was recorded thousands of times and required great physical effort each time. The shot in question takes place in a kind of badminton match played with the feet.
10.The origin
One of the most accomplished scenes in this film is the one in which Joseph Gordon Levitt fights in a revolving corridor. This scene was not filmed with special effects, rather the set was really spinning. The actor had to train hard to learn how to maneuver and hold a fight on a revolving stage without falling over.
