5 Exceptional Movies That Turned Out to be Spectacular Despite Challenges

5 Exceptional Movies That Turned Out to be Spectacular Despite Challenges

The Dark Knight 2008 — Image credit: instagram

The Dark Knight (2008)

In the hospital scene, where the Joker staggered out of Gotham General with the hospital exploding around him, the Joker twiddled with the detonator when the explosions had stopped before suddenly continuing. Heath Ledger didn't break character (rumours about it being a mistake by the effects team surfaced, which eventually turned out to be intentional), nor did he even turn to watch the explosion even when he got on the bus. It all built up to one of the most memorable scenes in the movie, with everything executed perfectly.

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2Spiderman - 1 (2002)

We all epitomise the upside-down kissing scene between Peter Parker and Mary Jane. While filming the scene, actor Tobey Maguire faced difficulty as his sinuses kept filling up with water as it was performed in driving rain. Thankfully, the scene got shot in the perfect way eventually.

3Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone 2001 — Image credit: instagram

3Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

While the biggest challenge was to transform the book into a movie with the same appeal of wizards' world, the actors that were chosen to play the lead roles were very young and naive. A great effort was made to make them memorise the lines and while teaching them the basics of acting. The filmmakers also matched the kids' appearances to the novels description, by giving Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter, green-coloured contact lenses but Daniel's eyes reacted to the contacts, having the idea be dropped.

4Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 1980 — Image credit: instagram

4Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Harrison Ford (6'1) playing Han Solo was a foot taller than Carrie Fisher (5'1) playing Princess Lela. Carrie Fisher had to stand on a box for many of her scenes with Ford in order to make up for the height difference.

5Fiddler on The Roof 1971 — Image credit: instagram

5Fiddler on The Roof (1971)

To make Topol look older, the makeup team had to clip 15 white hairs from director Norman Jewison's beard and applied them to Topol's eyebrows (seven on the left, eight on the right) to make him look older. Topol, then in his 30s, had to play a much older character.

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