Veronica Cartwright in Alien
If the chest-bursting scene in Alien shocked and disturbed you, then imagine how it felt for the cast. Director Ridley Scott had opted to keep them in the dark about the scene in order to make sure their reactions were authentic. "If an actor is just acting terrified, you can't get the genuine look of raw, animal fear," he said.
Sigourney Weaver said that she was so worried about John Hurt that she forgot they were even filming a movie; Veronica Cartwright passed out cold as soon as the blood hit her. "You see this thing start to come out, so we all get sucked in, we lean forward to check it out... all of a sudden it comes out. I tell you, none of us expected it. It came out and twisted round," she recalled.
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