8 Even More Movie Scenes You Didn’t Realise Were Tricking You

Over the years, you've no doubt experienced the sinking feeling that comes with witnessing a poorly crafted CGI environment or character, some horrendous dubbing, or jarring background artists in the middle of a movie.

When executed poorly, those attempts at pulling the wool over audiences' eyes and fooling them into thinking what they were watching was either the real deal, or at least somewhat believable, yank you right out of the flick in question. But when done well, those watching on often don't even realise they're being tricked at all.

Filmmakers have found a ton of different ways to gloriously fool those opting to take in their picture, as previously seen in 10 Movie Scenes You Didn't Realise Were Tricking You and 10 More Movie Scenes You Didn't Realise Were Tricking You. And as this article will also highlight, some of the finest directors of their generation made their sets look massive and actors look like they were speeding through the streets via some truly wonderful tools and tricks.

Did you spot that certain iconic characters were sharing the screen with an entirely digital co-star during a live-action remake, too? Probably not. But that was the goal, folks.

Last year's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves turned out to be one of 2023's biggest pleasant surprises, with the fantastic big-screen adaptation of the titular roleplaying game containing a ton of charming characters, thrilling action, and just the right amount of silliness.

One pleasant surprise no one actually spotted during the Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley-directed flick, however, popped up towards the end of the D&D ride.

As noted by Francis Daley on X almost a year after the critical hit underperformed at the box office, the wonderful Sophia Lillis wasn't actually available to shoot the ace hero shot involving her druid Doric, Justice Smith's sorcerer Simon Aumar, and Michelle Rodriguez's barbarian Holga Kilgore.

Because Sophia Lillis had to leave early to shoot Asteroid City, she couldn’t be in this shot. We added her in reshoots over a blue screen. Our VFX wizards made it so that you could never tell. pic.twitter.com/SxRnbFKj8h

— John Francis Daley (@JohnFDaley) February 2, 2024

So, to get around her absence due to having to shoot Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, Lillis shot her moments in front of a blue screen. The film's masterful VFX team then seamlessly added her into the scene afterwards.

If you didn't know any better, you'd assume Lillis was very much there on the day, jogging alongside her co-stars when this brief team-up moment was originally shot. But you were actually just being brilliantly tricked via some good ol' movie magic.