Taking a look at the behind-the-scenes photo takes away a lot of the tense power the dinosaurs have in the film, and even though the filmmakers used plenty of CGI to create the beasts, the filmmakers smartly went for plenty of practical effects as well. The actors are so good at pretending they’re facing down real prehistoric dinosaurs.
There’s lots of information about how the artists and consulting experts were able to create these amazing creatures, and able to make them look so good. The movie definitely profited from their expertise, and viewers all over the world seemed to love it.
Vespa Smiles on Set
Thankfully, the two lead actors remained uninjured, and are even seen here riding on a Vespa with big sunny smiles on their faces. The best ability of an actor is to pretend to be enemies with someone while enjoying their company in real life – we've already seen it a number of times on this list.
Heston and Boyd worked hard to film what turned into one of the most famous movies of all time, but they also spent some time hanging out as friends between the dangerous shots. We're always happy to see actors smiling together.
CGI Swings the Other Way
The 'Jurassic Park' series began in the early nineties and is still rolling along, having come out with a few new films recently that really show what a good action movie reboot can do. Famous actors like Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard act amazing together, as a dinosaur trainer and an operations manager at the titular dinosaur theme park.
They've used improved CGI technology, just like the originals, and brought dinosaur power to the box office. The movies were a hit, with the first claiming the top spot on the all-time earnings list until 'Stars Wars: The Force Awakens' came out.
Play With Us. Forever...
Stephen King's bestseller 'The Shining' was a chart-topping book that brought fear back to the front of a lot of people's minds, and Stanley Kubrick took it upon himself to turn the chilling book into an even more chilling 1980 movie starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd.
The movie brought us the trope of the creepy ghost twins, who only want Danny to come play with them forever, and it's one of the enduring scary things that writers and filmmakers have gone back to over and over again. But how were the twins backstage?
Nothing Wrong With These Girls
Little kids in horror films are, for some reason, one of the creepiest ways to send chills down your viewers' spines, but when the cameras weren't rolling, these twins were just a pair of young actresses. It's very likely that Danny Lloyd, who played Danny Torrance, did actually play with them when they weren't needed on set.
The twins won the hearts of everyone on the set. It's known that Stanley Kubrick didn't let Lloyd know what kind of movie 'The Shining' was, and Lloyd only found out when he watched the film as a teenager. We wonder if Kubrick used the same tactic with the twins?