8 Famous Movie Scenes That Were Hell To Film

Indiana Jones's fistfight with that hulking, shirtless Nazi is one of the most memorable set pieces from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Who can forget that moment when his adversary falls afoul of that aeroplane propeller? Yeesh!

Believe it or not, this wasn't the most painful part of that action sequence. While shooting, the cast and crew had to endure a storm of cayenne pepper, which is horribly unpleasant stuff when you breathe in a massive lungful of it.

During the scene, Marion hops into a mounted gun and mows down the encroaching Nazis, and that's when the pepper spray was released. Steven Spielberg wanted the movie's blood effects to be understated and was unwilling to show anything beyond a faint red mist, and cayenne pepper was the best way to achieve that.

The kitchen spice engulfed the set when Marion opened fire, causing everyone on it to break into coughing fits as their eyes and noses streamed.