![]() “He said, ‘Just put a bathing suit on, and we won’t see your face.'” He and Tarantino were working on the anthology film Four Rooms (1994) and needed a stripper, so Rodriguez reached out to his Desperado star on the day of filming. Hayek was recruited to the project after doing a favor for friend Rodriguez. Because you can’t choreograph a snake, we don’t know what she’s going to do!” I had to go on trance to do the dance… And there was no choreography. “So it was good because I had to overcome my greatest fear. To prod the actress, Tarantino claimed that Madonna was interested in the role, and that she would have no problem being wrapped in python. It’s my greatest fear,‘” Hayek recalled (watch above). “Quentin told me, ‘Oh, by the way, you’re dancing with a snake.’ I said, ‘I can’t do that, I can’t do that. Hayek said at multiple points during our recent Role Recall interview that her memories of filming the scene were blurry because she had gone “on trance” due to some serious ophidiophobia. But she doesn’t remember all that much about the actual filming. Not content with only being behind the lens, however, Savini has appeared in dozens of films, and can be seen demonstrating his capable acting skills as "Morgan, the Black Knight" in Knightriders (1981), as "Blades", one of the biker gang members in Світанок мерців (1978) and as "Sex Machine", another leather-clad biker-but this time with a groin-mounted gun-in the wild vampire film Від сутінків до світанку (1996).Salma Hayek remembers how she got the role of a snake-dancing stripper vampire in the Quentin Tarantino-penned, Robert Rodriguez-directed thriller From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). In 1990, Savini directed his feature film debut Ніч живих мерців (1990), the remake of the original zombie-classic. ![]() Savini also contributed the incredible EFX & make-up to other splatter thrillers such as Maniac (1980), The Burning (1981), Калейдоскоп жахів (1982) and Romero's third "Dead" film, День мерців (1985) (for which he won a Saturn Award). Romero-directed zombie film Світанок мерців (1978), and then in the controversial slasher film П'ятниця 13 (1980), the movie generally identified as the kickstart for the aforementioned "splatter movie" genre. He really caught the attention of horror buffs with his grisly effects in the cult George A. In Savini's insightful book "Grande Illusions", he speaks of his early attempts at applying prosthetics to his face using "spearmint gum", having misinterpreted that he was meant to actually use "spirit gum"! His first work was in low-budget fare, providing SFX and make-up for independently made horror films such as Божевільний (1974) and Martin (1976). Savini was heavily influenced by the remarkable silent-era actor Lon Chaney, and he sought to emulate the amazing theatrical make-up effects that were a hallmark of Chaney's career. ![]() Along with fellow special make-up legends Dick Smith and Rob Bottin, Savini was one of the key SFX people behind the startling make-up & EFX seen in the fantasy/horror genre films of the 1980s-'90s. He has acquired a remarkable cult following among film fans, primarily due to his ground-breaking SFX in the "splatter movie" explosion of the early 1980s. Later, as a combat photographer in Vietnam, Savini saw first-hand the gruesome carnage for which he later gained fame, simulating it on screen. He spent his youth in his room creating characters by tirelessly practicing make-up. Inspired by the film Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), a young Savini became fascinated with the magic and illusion of film. ![]() Actor/SFX wizard/stuntman/director Tom Savini was born in Pittsburgh.
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