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

Make no mistake, a lot of very real horse-riding definitely went down in the 2020 live-action remake of the Disney classic known as Mulan. And a ton of said travelling via horse was performed by the star bringing the titular warrior to life on-screen, Yifei Lieu. 

However, there was a moment there when the actor wasn't actually able to hop on her steed.

With Mulan being required to jump onto her horse, Black Wind, and ride it through rough snow at one point in the movie, it was clear that this was a sequence that needed to be created digitally.

So, Liu ultimately hopped onto a mechanical buck as she galloped in front of a green screen for the scene involving Mulan escaping an incoming avalanche (via DigitalTrends). From here, the geniuses at Imageworks went about creating a super realistic digital version of Black Wind that Liu would then be seen convincingly moving on in the end.

The end results are so damn believable, it's still tough to accept that the gorgeous horse seen racing away from the digital snow here is also an entirely CG creation. But you better believe that particular horse was anything but real, folks, and you were being remarkably tricked during this particular ride.