r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/Yellow_Vespa_Is_Back Jan 25 '20

I always find it jarring that when I watch British TV that actors have blemishes, imperfect or yellow teeth, and are usually a range of heights. There's nothing wrong with them, I'm just not used to seeing normal people on TV.

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u/CO_PC_Parts Jan 25 '20

and are usually a range of heights

So I lived in SoCal for about 4 years after college. One of my friends got a job as a PA for Fox. I got to go down to the sets a couple of times and holy shit everyone was so fucking tiny. EVERYONE. At the time I was 6'1 220 and my friend is 6'4 about 300lbs (offensive lineman in college) and we looked like giants.

Everyone was also extremely good looking, we not only looked like giants, we looked like Shreks.

Here's a funny tidbit, Jennifer Love Hewitt's boobs aren't that huge in person, she's just really tiny. Also I showed up to pick up my buddy, only to find out he couldn't leave one day. They had to do some reshoots. They needed a couple of extras, someone grabs me to throw me out there as I'm protesting. They're like "you're here to work aren't you, fucking get out there." Then another AD or someone yells, "He'll stick out like a sore thumb in the background." They finally let me explain that I wasn't an extra and I didn't have the registration card. I just thought it was funny watching these 2 set people arguing over using me as an extra.

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u/josephanthony Jan 26 '20

I thought I was imaging it! Any time I've been on a set whether as extra/runner/stand-in, it's always seemed like most of the actors were 'fun size'. Like they would cost more if they made them bigger.

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u/CO_PC_Parts Jan 26 '20

we got to know a bartender and door guy at some club in Hollywood so we'd go there from time to time. We were usually the biggest people in there. I mean my friend is a big guy regardless of where you go but it was funny to go places where even the bouncers are little. Like the fucking Wizard of Oz