You’ll Never Believe What Went on Behind the Scenes of These Award-Winning Films

Kingsman: The Secret Service

In the scene where the new Kingsman recruits’ dorm is flooded with water, filming on set went terribly wrong. Matthew Vaughn recalled the incident: “I shouted, ‘Action!’ The computer got it wrong and whoosh, everyone was twenty feet down underwater. Cameras, sound guys… Guys were in waders full of water, panic, everyone diving in and pulling people out.” The meticulously-calculated set was washed away in a biblical flood when the computers went rogue. “Those actors weren’t acting,” Vaugh continued. “They were absolutely terrified.”

Advertisement

Next Post →

The More You Know

  • Viggo Mortensen had no intention of working on The Lord of the Rings until his son begged him to do it.
  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
  • The Candyman, played by Tony Todd, had to put real bees into his mouth to film the movie’s climax.
  • A famous ‘Pulp Fiction’ shot was filmed in reverse
Next Post →