10 Ridiculous Secrets Behind Iconic Movie Scenes
1. Choi Min-Sik Ate Four Live Octopuses For Real - Oldboy
Chan-wook Park's Oldboy is a masterful, haunting thriller with a bevy of jaw-dropping twists, but even with a plot that involves rampant murder and incest, the most disgusting thing in it is still the scene where protagonist Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) devours a live octopus.
And despite actor Choi Min-sik being both a Buddhist and a vegetarian, he agreed to perform the scene the hard way...four times. No CGI was used while filming the scene, with the actor eating four live octopus for real to get a usable take.
According to director Park, Min-sik would pray to each octopus and offer his apologies before filming a take.
The end result is certainly striking and suitably revolting, and with a mere $3 million budget, there clearly wasn't any possibility of a digital equivalent.