I used to believe that the movies used convicts in scenes where people died, especially in cowboy and indian type movies. I figured they were expendible because they were in prison and nobody cared about them. I learned later about stuntmen and blanks and special effects.
A childhood belief about people
others believed things like this
- I used to believe people really died in movies. I didnt understand they were just acting.— Justin
- Before I learned about the existence of stuntmen, I used to believe that suicidal actors were used.— JC
- I used to think actors in movies sometimes had to actually die to make the movies look real.— Dero
- As a child I used to think that actors really died in movies.— Jordi Comendador
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy
- I thought that psychological torture involved forcing people to watch really sad movies!— Elviessa