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When an actor with unusual physical characteristics or skills appears on the set, directors often conceal them, shoot around them or ignore them. But isn't it more fun when they figure out how to work them in?

A multiple-choice quiz by SBH. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
SBH
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
189,858
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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3816
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Actor Harrison Ford has a small but visible scar on his chin from a car accident. Which of his movies goes back in time to "explain" how his character received the scar as a teenager? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Some would say that short stature is a barrier in the acting profession. For this actor, however, being small in size has been an important asset in winning parts in such very popular fantasy films as the 'Star Wars' series, the 'Harry Potter' films, 'Labyrinth' and 'Willow'. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Pregnancy is a difficult condition for an actor to conceal. This performer broke new ground when she become pregnant in the second season of her popular TV show by convincing the producers to let her character become pregnant and give birth as her own pregnancy started to show. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. When this actress became pregnant in the middle of a long-running popular TV series, her character developed an eating disorder to account for the performer's changing shape. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Perhaps the most radical solution for creatively using a performer's pregnancy during the shooting of a hit TV show is the one employed by this series, which wrote in a bizarre kidnapping for the character played by its leading actress. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This actor was almost seven feet tall (some say as much as 7' 4"). His great height brought him fame in the wrestling ring, appearances on TV shows like 'The Six Million Dollar Man', and a brief movie career. His best film was probably the enduring 1987 favourite 'The Princess Bride'. Although he went by many names, how is this "gentle giant" best known? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This actor sports many tattoos. Usually they are covered up, but in some films he reveals them, if they fit his character. For example, he is taken prisoner in one film when his real tattoo - in the shape of a bird - reveals his character's identity to his captors. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Geena Davis is a very talented archer and often shows off her skills with a bow and arrow in movies like 'Cutthroat Island', 'Fletch' and 'Earth Girls Are Easy'.


Question 9 of 10
9. Viggo Mortensen is a skilled horseback rider, and performs his own riding in the 'Lord of the Rings' series and 'Hidalgo'.


Question 10 of 10
10. Harrison Ford started his career as a carpenter. In which of these films does he show off this skill? Hint



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1. Actor Harrison Ford has a small but visible scar on his chin from a car accident. Which of his movies goes back in time to "explain" how his character received the scar as a teenager?

Answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

River Phoenix plays young Indy in a scene that shows him getting cut on the chin by a bullwhip, which will later become one of the adventurous archaeologist's trademarks. The same scene explains how he got his hat and his fear of snakes. (In 'Working Girl', Ford's scar is explained as the result of an ear-piercing mishap, but the incident is not re-enacted on screen.)
2. Some would say that short stature is a barrier in the acting profession. For this actor, however, being small in size has been an important asset in winning parts in such very popular fantasy films as the 'Star Wars' series, the 'Harry Potter' films, 'Labyrinth' and 'Willow'.

Answer: Warwick Davis

Davis played a goblin in 'Labyrinth', the title role in 'Willow', an Ewok (and other parts) in the 'Star Wars' movies, and the diminutive Professor Flitwick (as well as a goblin) in the 'Harry Potter' series. Kenny Baker played R2D2 in the 'Star Wars' series, and - like Davis - played a goblin in 'Labyrinth', did not appear in the other films mentioned. Troyer is Griphook the Goblin in the first 'Harry Potter' film, but he's best known as Mini-Me in the 'Austin Powers' series.

Although Rhys-Davies plays Gimli the dwarf in the 'Lord of the Rings' films, he's not especially small in real life. (He also plays the voice of Treebeard the giant Ent in 'LOTR' and Indiana Jones's average-sized sidekick Sallah in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.)
3. Pregnancy is a difficult condition for an actor to conceal. This performer broke new ground when she become pregnant in the second season of her popular TV show by convincing the producers to let her character become pregnant and give birth as her own pregnancy started to show.

Answer: Lucille Ball ('I Love Lucy')

The site www.museum.tv informs us that: "Backlogging five episodes for use while she convalesced from delivery, the program worked around Lucy's due date, so that her real life Caesarean delivery coincided with the airing of her television delivery. The episode set a rating record of 71.1, with more viewers tuning in to witness the fictional Lucy Ricardo give birth than had seen Eisenhower's inauguration."
4. When this actress became pregnant in the middle of a long-running popular TV series, her character developed an eating disorder to account for the performer's changing shape.

Answer: Jane Leeves (Daphne Moon on 'Frasier')

When Leeves gave birth, her character Daphne went away to a weight-loss spa to cover for her absence during her maternity leave.
5. Perhaps the most radical solution for creatively using a performer's pregnancy during the shooting of a hit TV show is the one employed by this series, which wrote in a bizarre kidnapping for the character played by its leading actress.

Answer: 'The X-Files' (Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully)

Agent Scully was abducted - perhaps by aliens - for most of a season while Gillian Anderson was pregnant with her daughter Piper, but her full, naked pregnant belly is shown in scenes where her captors are conducting experiments on her.
6. This actor was almost seven feet tall (some say as much as 7' 4"). His great height brought him fame in the wrestling ring, appearances on TV shows like 'The Six Million Dollar Man', and a brief movie career. His best film was probably the enduring 1987 favourite 'The Princess Bride'. Although he went by many names, how is this "gentle giant" best known?

Answer: André the Giant

André René Roussimoff wrestled in Quebec (Canada) under the name Jean Ferré and was sometimes billed as The 8th Wonder of the World. Among other film outings, he makes an uncredited appearance as "Dagoth" in the 1984 'Conan The Destroyer'. (Meanwhile, McGrory, at seven-and-a-half feet, appears in such films as 'Big Fish'. Ferrigno - a mere 6'5" - played Bill Bixby's alter ego in TV's 'The Incredible Hulk'. Makroare played Lurtz and Witch King in the 'Lord of the Rings' series, among other roles; but his height is not available.)
7. This actor sports many tattoos. Usually they are covered up, but in some films he reveals them, if they fit his character. For example, he is taken prisoner in one film when his real tattoo - in the shape of a bird - reveals his character's identity to his captors.

Answer: Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

The bird on Depp's right forearm looks more like a swallow than a sparrow, but the filmmakers must have figured it was close enough! Depp is one of the most-tattood celebrities; his best-known is probably the one that reads "Wino forever". (It used to say "Winona forever", but he had it changed when he broke up with Winona Ryder.)
8. Geena Davis is a very talented archer and often shows off her skills with a bow and arrow in movies like 'Cutthroat Island', 'Fletch' and 'Earth Girls Are Easy'.

Answer: False

Davis did come close to making the U.S. Olympic archery team in 1999; however, none of her films have yet made much use of this skill.
9. Viggo Mortensen is a skilled horseback rider, and performs his own riding in the 'Lord of the Rings' series and 'Hidalgo'.

Answer: True

Mortensen often rode "Aragorn's" horse off-set while working on 'LOTR', in order to bond with the animal. Also, he bought the horse he rode in 'Hidalgo' when the shoot was finished.
10. Harrison Ford started his career as a carpenter. In which of these films does he show off this skill?

Answer: Witness

Ford is seen capably wielding a hammer during the barn-raising scene, and the film jokes about his abilities. For example, one character says "I hear you are a carpenter," to which Ford answers, "It's been a while."
Source: Author SBH

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