10 Movie Scenes Shot For Real

10. Ripley Blindly Sinks A Basketball - Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection may be one of the worst movies in the franchise, but it also lays claim to one of the most low-key badass moments in the series.

In order to display the Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) clone's physical prowess, we memorably see her throw a basketball over her head and sink it in the hoop behind her without even looking.

Given that the ball disappears out of the frame before sinking through the basket, most audiences would understandably assume that the winning ball was either CGI or simply dropped through the net by an off-screen stage hand.

But incredibly, Weaver actually sunk the shot herself, having trained for 10 days and landing one out of every six baskets on average during practise, albeit at a much closer distance than would be possible on the actual set.

During shooting, time was scheduled to allow Weaver to try and sink the shot, and after spending all day failing, she was given one final chance to pull it off.

Incredibly, that was her single successful basket, causing co-star Ron Perlman to accidentally break character out of sheer surprise, shouting, "Oh my god!". As a result, the editors had to abruptly cut away after the ball sinks through the net.