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Itâs amazing what you can create in the world of computer generated visual effects. Virtual backlots, CGI stunt doubles and even de-aged actors are all part of the tools that a director like Paul W.S. Anderson can use in making a film like
Monster Hunter. But when making this particular adaptation of a Capcom video game franchise, Anderson wanted to do things as practically as possible. Which meant that for several sequences with actor Milla Jovovich and her on-screen military unit, those scenes where Humvees are being flipped are done with real vehicles and the actual actors.
One Big Monster Hunter Stunt Really Had Milla Jovovich Fearing for Her Life
One Big Monster Hunter Stunt Really Had Milla Jovovich Fearing for Her Life
The Humvee stunt in Monster Hunter put Milla Jovovich in the front seat for real.
Resident Evil series. The duo, now married, have teamed up again for the upcoming big creature feature
Monster Hunter. Despite her years of experience in the action genre, Jovovich revealed that there was one particular scene in the new film where she is strapped into a flipping humvee that made her fear for her life. It was awful. It was really awful, because I get real claustrophobic. They actually built a rig that was like a rotisserie, so that Humvee was like the chicken, and it would go round and round. And, you know, they would strap us in, with all of our armor and all of our gear, and blow all of this debris into the car, and it was just like, loud. I was literally having a panic attack, I couldn t. And you re going upside down. it was lik