10 Movie Scenes You Didn’t Know Used CGI Trickery

9. The Sandwich Board - Die Hard With A Vengeance

Die Hard With A Vengeance Before/After
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Die Hard With A Vengeance is easily the best Die Hard sequel, and some would even argue that it's the best Die Hard movie full-stop.

This is in large part due to the electric chemistry between Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson combined with the action and thrills the series is known for, and while it's hardly a showy, "look how big our VFX budget is" kind of blockbuster, it still used CGI trickery to great effect.

The best example of this is in an early scene that finds McClane wearing a sandwich board with the message "I Hate [N-word]* written across it.

This was deemed too offensive to actually write on the board while filming, so instead, the board was left blank and the real text was added in post-production. Some television broadcasts of Die Hard With A Vengeance would broadcast this scene with the words; "I Hate Every Body".

And you never even noticed.

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