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Director John McTiernan mentioned in an interview that Shange Yunton originally played the jungle monster and completed the role in the blue screen special effects. Two days after filming started, Shange Yunton was dissatisfied with himself. The role of special effects and quit. Later the monster was redesigned and played by Kevin Peter Hall.
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Out of health and safety considerations, Schwarzenegger is not allowed to light cigars in a helicopter, and shiny cigarette butts are added in post-production.
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To shoot the film, Schwarzenegger lost 25 pounds before filming started.
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Jesse Ventura was very pleased to learn from the clothing department of the film that his arm is 1 inch longer than Schwarzenegger, so he suggested to Schwarzenegger that it is longer than the arm. The winner will win a bottle of champagne, but Ventura accidentally lost the game because Schwarzenegger asked the clothing department to tell the false "intelligence" in advance.
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The crew tried to use a monkey to shoot the special effects of monsters swinging on the treetops, but then gave up. The monster's jaw came from James Cameron's idea.
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The original title of the film is "Hunter". The original image of the monster in the film is a long-necked creature with a dog-like head with only one eye in the center of the head.
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In 1987, the film was translated into "Predator" because the original intention of the translator was not to use these four words to refer to the alien creatures in the film, but to describe the human soldiers fighting against such alien creatures.
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The producer did not allow director John McTiernan to shoot the film as a horizontally compressed widescreen film, because the optical effect of the technology is very complicated. In retaliation, McTiernan changed the opening 20th Century Fox Logo into a horizontally compressed film. image.
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In the film, Blaine uses therevolver. This type of machine gun is mostly used as an aviation machine gun. It is installed on both sides of the helicopter. It is modified in the film. It is driven by electricity and the wires are hidden. In Brian's pants, the rate of fire of the machine gun was also reduced to one-third of the normal rate, not only to save empty bullets, but also to make the rotation of the barrel more conspicuous.
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The premise for Sony Landham to appear in the film is to have a bodyguard all day long. The reason why the insurance company made this request was not for the purpose of protecting Landham, but to protect other actors, because Landham has always liked it. Fights.
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Shane Black, who plays Hawkins in the film, is actually a screenwriter, and the producer wants him to supervise John McTiernan because it is McTiernan's first commercial film.
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During the filming in Mexico, director John McTiernan refused to eat, and his weight dropped 25 pounds.
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Director John McTiernan suffered a broken wrist during filming, but still continues to work.
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Both waterfalls in the climax of the film were shot near Palenque, Mexico. The character of the helicopter pilot who appears at the end of the movie is Kevin Peter Hall, the character of the monster.
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Although John McTiernan thinks that RG Armstrong is too old to play General Phillips, he is very optimistic about this actor and does not hesitate to spend a lot of time in makeup to let him play this role.
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The equipment worn by all actors is from the Vietnam War, and the pistols equipped by the commandos in the film are Desert Eagles.
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The film is the film debut of Jesse Ventura and Shane Bryan, and 64 corpses appear in the film.
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The film is Schwarzenegger’s third film wearing a Seiko H558-5009 diving watch, and even this watch is dubbed "Arnold", and its price has risen sharply as a result, much higher than the original sale. price.