10 Times Movies Changed Real Life For Being Too Unbelievable

10. The Statue Of Liberty's Head Was Made Bigger - Cloverfield

When the unforgettable original teaser trailer for Cloverfield dropped, audiences were mesmerised by one visual in particular - of the Statue of Liberty's head being hurled through the streets of New York City by the unseen monster.

Some, however, complained that the statue's head looked too small, because despite VFX supervisor David Vickery and his team rendering the head perfectly to scale, the average person imagines it to be much bigger than it actually is.

And so, during the post-production process, the Statue of Liberty's head was made around 50% larger than it is in real life, to ensure that it had a presence and majesty that matched up with many people's erroneous perception. In a 2020 interview with Befores and Afters, Vickery said:

"When we started out, we built it perfectly to scale. But I think it's only about 11 ½ feet from ear to ear. And we put this in our scene and rendered it and everyone thought it was tiny. People were saying, 'Ah, you can have 15 people standing in the crown!' I don't think that's true. People imagine it being bigger than it is. So it ended up being about 50 percent bigger than reality."