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** Early in development, it was planned to have a mixed gender cast. Neil Marshall changed it to all-female when he signed on to direct - feeling that women were underrepresented in the horror genre.
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** Early in development, it was planned to have a mixed gender cast. Neil Marshall changed it to all-female when he signed on to direct - feeling opting to do the reverse of the majority male cast from ''Film/DogSoldiers''. He'd also discovered during his research that women were underrepresented in the horror genre.caving was often more popular with women, so an all-female group made more sense.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Natalie Mendoza loved that Juno wasn't written to be Asian, which in her words in the behind the scenes, allowed her to play a fully thought-out character whose Asian ethnicity is never brought up in any stereotypical manner. She also liked how the characters were all written well-enough to avoid caricatures since slasher horror is very formulaic.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: The filmmakers originally planned for the cast to be both male and female, but Neil Marshall's business partner realised that horror films rarely have all-female casts.
** Juno is played by Natalie Mendoza who is of Spanish and Filipina descent (her appearance mostly reflects the latter). But she wasn't written as an Asian character.
** Juno is played by Natalie Mendoza who is of Spanish and Filipina descent (her appearance mostly reflects the latter). But she wasn't written as an Asian character.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: The filmmakers originally planned for the cast to be both male and female, but Neil Marshall's business partner realised that horror films rarely have all-female casts.
**Juno is played by Natalie Mendoza who is of Spanish and Filipina descent (her appearance mostly reflects the latter). But she wasn't written as an Asian character.
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** Early in development, it was planned to have a mixed gender cast. Neil Marshall changed it to all-female when he signed on to direct - feeling that women were underrepresented in the horror genre.
** The Crawlers were designed initially with pure white skin that would be phosphorescent - but they were made grubbier so as to blend into the shadows (the original look was deemed too bright and reflective). They also were going to be more animalistic, but redesigns made them more humanoid.
** Early in development, it was planned to have a mixed gender cast. Neil Marshall changed it to all-female when he signed on to direct - feeling that women were underrepresented in the horror genre.
** The Crawlers were designed initially with pure white skin that would be phosphorescent - but they were made grubbier so as to blend into the shadows (the original look was deemed too bright and reflective). They also were going to be more animalistic, but redesigns made them more humanoid.
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** Juno is played by Natalie Mendoza who is of Spanish and Filipina descent (her appearance mostly reflects the latter). But she wasn't written as an Asian character.
* ActorInspiredElement: Natalie Mendoza was the one who suggested that [[spoiler: Juno and Sarah's husband Paul should have an affair]].
* ActorInspiredElement: Natalie Mendoza was the one who suggested that [[spoiler: Juno and Sarah's husband Paul should have an affair]].
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* DyeingForYourArt: The actresses underwent rock climbing training and white water rafting, and even did actual caving underground to prepare for the film. They "kept fit" as Shauna Macdonald said. And Nora-Jane Noone cut her hair for film, which she joked was traumatic for the first week or two afterwards.
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* ActingInTheDark: The cast were not told about the crawlers. When they finally met one in the movie the first take was of them all running off the set screaming.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The 2005 Underground bombings in London threatened to delay the film's British release, for fear that this trope would keep people away from a film about death below ground. Eventually the film was released on schedule, but posters of a lone woman trapped and screaming in the dark were replaced by new ones of all six women standing united against it.
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* TooSoon: The 2005 Underground bombings in London threatened to delay the film's British release, for fear that this trope would keep people away from a film about death below ground. Eventually the film was released on schedule, but posters of a lone woman trapped and screaming in the dark were replaced by new ones of all six women standing united against it.
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* AbilityOverAppearance: The filmmakers originally planned for the cast to be both male and female, but Neil Marshall's business partner realised that horror films rarely have all-female casts.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Danish title for the movie is ''Descent Into Hell''.
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* FakeNationality: Sam, who is Dutch, is played by [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]], who is Swedish.
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* FakeNationality: Sam, who is Dutch, is played by [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]], Creator/MyannaBuring, who is Swedish.
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* NoStuntDouble: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza and Alex Reid did the entire white water rafting sequence on their own without any stunt doubles or special effects.
* ProductionNickname: The jokey production name given during filming was ''Chicks with Picks''.
* ProductionNickname: The jokey production name given during filming was ''Chicks with Picks''.
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* ActorAllusion: Director allusion. Sarah finds a wolf's head, which is a prop from ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
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* CameoProp: Sarah finds a wolf's head, which is a prop from ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
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* LoopingLines: A good chunk of the dialogue had to be dubbed in, because the sets were polystyrene and sure didn't sound like a cave or rock while they were walking or moving around on it.
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* FakeNationality: Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]], who is Swedish.
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* FakeAmerican: Natalie Mendoza is British-Australian, playing the American girl Juno.
* FakeNationality:Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]], who is Swedish.Swedish.
* ProductionPosse: Leslie Simpson played some of the Crawlers, and has also starred in Neil Marshall's ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
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* ProductionPosse: Leslie Simpson played some of the Crawlers, and has also starred in Neil Marshall's ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in America (aside from the beginning of the movie), filmed in England and Scotland.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Intended, at least. Neil Marshall attempted this by not letting the main cast see the crawlers until they were revealed on camera. However, it backfired when they got such a fright they all ran away for real, out of the shot and across the set. Even long after the first encounter the actresses hated being around the crawlers in costume.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: ActingForTwo:
** A prop example. They only had one cabin, so they had to use camera tricks and prop switching to make it look like there were two.
** Leslie Simpson played two Crawlers and got killed on screen twice.
* ActorAllusion: Director allusion. Sarah finds a wolf's head, which is a prop from ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Intended, at least. Neil Marshall attempted this by not letting the main cast see the crawlers until they were revealed on camera. However, it backfired when they got such a fright they all ran away for real, out of the shot and across the set. Even long after the first encounter the actresses hated being around the crawlers incostume.costume.
** Even after the reveal, he kept the actresses separate from them most of the time to keep up the feeling of animosity.
** Shauna Macdonald is claustrophobic anyway, making the scenes where Sarah is trapped in a tunnel very easy (or not) for her.
** A prop example. They only had one cabin, so they had to use camera tricks and prop switching to make it look like there were two.
** Leslie Simpson played two Crawlers and got killed on screen twice.
* ActorAllusion: Director allusion. Sarah finds a wolf's head, which is a prop from ''Film/DogSoldiers''.
* EnforcedMethodActing:
** Intended, at least. Neil Marshall attempted this by not letting the main cast see the crawlers until they were revealed on camera. However, it backfired when they got such a fright they all ran away for real, out of the shot and across the set. Even long after the first encounter the actresses hated being around the crawlers in
** Even after the reveal, he kept the actresses separate from them most of the time to keep up the feeling of animosity.
** Shauna Macdonald is claustrophobic anyway, making the scenes where Sarah is trapped in a tunnel very easy (or not) for her.
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* DeletedScene: A handful for the second movie, mainly setting up the rescue team of cavers. Oddly enough, all of the scenes are included as a single continuous chapter with no commentary.
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* FakeNationality: Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by Myanna Buring, who is Swedish.
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* FakeNationality: Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by Myanna Buring, [[Creator/MyannaBuring [=MyAnna=] Buring]], who is Swedish.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Intended, at least. Neil Marshall attempted this by not letting the main cast see the crawlers until they were revealed on camera. However, it backfired when they got such a fright they all ran away for real, out of the shot and across the set. Even long after the first encounter the actresses hated being around the crawlers in costume.
* FakeNationality: Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by Myanna Buring, who is Swedish.
* TooSoon: The 2005 Underground bombings in London threatened to delay the film's British release, for fear that this trope would keep people away from a film about death below ground. Eventually the film was released on schedule, but posters of a lone woman trapped and screaming in the dark were replaced by new ones of all six women standing united against it.
* DeletedScene: A handful for the second movie, mainly setting up the rescue team of cavers. Oddly enough, all of the scenes are included as a single continuous chapter with no commentary.
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* FakeNationality: Juno, who is American, is played by Natalie Mendoza, who is Australian-British. Sam, who is Dutch, is played by Myanna Buring, who is Swedish.
* TooSoon: The 2005 Underground bombings in London threatened to delay the film's British release, for fear that this trope would keep people away from a film about death below ground. Eventually the film was released on schedule, but posters of a lone woman trapped and screaming in the dark were replaced by new ones of all six women standing united against it.
* DeletedScene: A handful for the second movie, mainly setting up the rescue team of cavers. Oddly enough, all of the scenes are included as a single continuous chapter with no commentary.
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