36 Hostile Bits of Trivia About the Biggest Fight Scenes in Movie History

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36 Hostile Bits of Trivia About the Biggest Fight Scenes in Movie History

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Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise asked to have a knife over his eye for Mission: Impossible II. In the fight scene where the bad guy brings the knife this close over his eye, Cruise asked that they use a real knife and bring it nearly to his cornea. CRACKED.COM

Avengers: Endgame

Easter eggs in Marvel deleted scenes Avengers: Endgame The Defenders The Defenders were originally planned to join the fray, but the directors couldn't make room for Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones. CRACKED.COM

Batman

Tim Burton had no idea what was happening at the end of Batman. Jon Peters, one of the producers of Batman, came up with the idea of setting the climax on the roof of a cathedral. Peters changed the scene to include Basinger, who happened to be his girlfriend at the time, and despite the fact that the movie was over budget, approved the creation of a 38 foot model cathedral that cost $100,000 without telling Burton. UNIVERSE.COM

Fleur Van Eeden

ALICIA VIKANDER'S TOMB RAIDER STUNT DOUBLE... FLEUR VAN EEDEN. SCARIEST STUNT: I was doubling on a Bollywood movie shot on a moving train in Swakopmund (Namibia). Dressed as a ninja, I had to do fight scenes on a train going 60kms/hr and then jump onto a horse. I was emotional afterwards. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES/TV SHOWS: Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Sails, Claire Danes' stunt double in Homeland. CRACKED.COM

Crank

36 Hostile Bits of Trivia About the Biggest Fight Scenes in Movie History

Leonardo DiCaprio

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Leonardo DiCaprio used a real flamethrower. When the Manson family comes to kill Sharon Tate, DiCaprio's Rick Dalton beats them off with a flamethrower. The thing is, it's a real flamethrower with real flame. Despite the fact that movies will CGI in mustaches, they just gave DiCaprio a real one and let him loose. GRACKED.COM

The Avengers

MCU Phase One Easter Eggs - The Avengers Shawarma As Tony is being thrown around the battlefield, he briefly passes the shawarma restaurant that they all go to later. WE ARE INSURANCE. WE ARE FARMERS. WEST.COM metro CRACKED.COM

Daniel Hargrave

CHRIS EVANS' CAPTAIN AMERICA STUNT DOUBLE... DANIEL HARGRAVE. NOTABLE MOVIES: Infinity War, Endgame, Atomic Blonde, Logan MOST NERVE-WRACKING_ SCENE: When we were filming the big Wakanda charge in Infinity War, I was on a wire holding me up and pulling me by my chest to make it look like I was running really fast. But the hard part was staying on my feet... I miscalculated my steps, stubbed my toe, and pulled my hamstring. I couldn't keep up with the winch, so I fell - and got dragged face-first for about 20 yards, passing by all these superheroes. GRACKED.COM

Margot Robbie

HARLEY QUINN MARGOT ROBBIE TRAINED IN GYMNASTICS AND MARTIAL ARTS FOR SIX MONTHS. While she had a stunt double on set for Suicide Squad, Robbie did most of the stunts herself. This includes the elevator fight. JAPIN ada CRACKED.COM

Conan

Arnold Schwarzenegger No one could be his stunt double in Conan the Barbarian. Schwarzenegger's physique was perfect for the role, but it also meant no one could believably stand in for him, except in faraway shots. Не had no choice but to do all his fighting and dangerous stunts, and even had to get stitches. CRACKED.COM

The Amazing Spider-Man

ANDREW GARFIELD'S SPIDER-MAN STUNT DOUBLE... ILRAM CHOI. MOST DANGEROUS STUNT: For me the show Moonlight was the most dangerous. I had to get pulled face first into a wall then pulled back through glass. Luckily the people I worked with were professionals and knew what they were doing. OTHER NOTABLE MOVIES: Crank, Avatar, Star Trek, Iron Man 3. CRACKED.COM

The Karate Kid Part II

CRACKED.COM THE KARATE KID PART II THE BLOOD ON KREESE'S HAND IS REAL. It's not clear whether he got hurt while punching through glass, but actor Martin Kove claims there was an accident on set and the bloody result was left in the final cut.

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman kept stabbing other actors (and himself) with the Wolverine claws. The filming of the X-Men Trilogy needed to use actual metal claws for some of the scenes and accidents happen. One of the accidents involved a stunt double who (fortunately) responded gleefully and actually relished being stabbed by Wolverine. Jackman also has scars on his thigh where he stabbed himself with the claws. CRACKED.COM

Bruce Lee

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The rise of martial arts 1970s in western cinema America's fascination with kung fu saw the first Asian leads in U.S movies. Bruce Lee had a formal approach, and Jackie Chan used (and still uses) a more comical Buster Keaton style. For action or comedy, their cinematic martial arts are still a gold standard. CRACKED

Yakima Canutt

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The first screen 1930s fighting techniques John Wayne and Yakima Canutt began working closely after Canutt stunt-doubled for Wayne in 1932. They pioneered techniques (still in use today) that make fake punches look real on camera. CRACKED

The Mark of Zorro

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The first realistic 1920 sword fighting In 1920's The Mark of Zorro, Douglas Fairbanks brought in a fencing master, creating the first realistic on-screen swordplay. Prior to this, films had primitive whacking, but this opened doors for the countless swashbuckling films to come. CRACKED

Inglourious Basterds

Tarantino insisted he had to be the one strangling Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds. If it's just a guy with his hands on your neck, not putting any kind of pressure... you're not going to get the blood vessels bulging, or the eyes filling it with tears, he said, and requested to commit to choking you. She agreed. CRACKED.COM

The Dark Knight Rises

The actors in The Dark Knight Rises had to endure sweltering heat for outdoor shots. They shot some outdoor scenes in Pittsburgh when it was a hundred degrees or SO, and the actors wore heavy coats and pretended it was winter. CRACKED.COM

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Rocky IV

Dolph Lundgren sent Sylvester Stallone to the hospital while filming Rocky IV. CRACKED.COM In order to capture the most realistic boxing possible, Stallone, who directed the film, asked the hulking Lundgren to really go for hard hits to the body. After wrapping, Lundgren got word that production had to BE halted after Stallone was hospitalized for swelling of his heart.

Source: Yahoo

The Crane Kick

ALL VALLEY KARATE CHAMPIONBHHP SEMI-FINALS FINALS ALL VALLEY CHAMPIOK CEFEREE The Crane Kick from The Karate Kid isn't a real move from the martial ar

John Woo and Jackie Chan

CRACKED.COM HONG KONG ACTION MOVIES JOHN WOO AND JACKIE CHAN Before his action films, John Woo's first works were romance dramas and martial arts movies - like 1976's Hand of Death, with a very young Jackie Chan. It's a crime these two never did a big budget movie together.

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John Wick 3: Chapter 3 — Parabellum

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES MEANINGS JOHN WICK THEVILLAINESS The motorcycle fight in John Wick: Chapter - Parabellum is a homage to Jung Byung-gil's 2017 action film. CRACKED.COM

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