I used to believe that in actions movies when extras would die that the director would go out and find homeless people to actually kill. Granted this was before i knew what special effects were.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- Until I was about 12 years old I believed that homeless people were made up by my parents to scare me.— Angela B.
- I knew lightning could come in through my bedroom window and kill me.
— Cyn - I used to think that if someone gave you acid, you could completely counter the effects by taking an antacid.— abracadaver
- I used to believe that sunflowers would try to kill people by shooting poisonous seeds at people.— jen
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy