 This is Ryan from Movie Notes and welcome to our special behind-the-scenes look at one of the biggest action movies of all time This is Predator the history of a hunter Predator started out as a response to a joke Apparently right after Rocky 4 was released the joke around Hollywood was that Rocky had defeated everybody possible on earth And should a fifth film be made he would need to fight an alien Screenwriters Jim and John Thomas ran with this and wrote the first draft titled Hunter Joel Silver and 20th Century Fox picked up the script and Predator was born Predator is an action classic filled with Arnold Schwarzenegger one-liners and Fantastic creature effects by Stan Winston Studios, but it was a long row before the mandible mouth appeared Originally the predator was going to look completely different when the predator started production Boss films were contracted to design and create the titular creature Boss films founded by visual effects veteran Richie Eddland After his departure from ILM had made a name for himself with creating practical effects for Ghostbusters in 1984 Original design whilst looking completely out of this world didn't end up being exactly what the production needed The leg design ended up being impractical not really allowing the predator to jump or even move the way that was originally envisioned and Amazingly, John-Claude Van Damme was cast as a creature in this form This was one of his first jobs in Hollywood However, he hated that he couldn't see his face on screen and after numerous battles were directed jumping tin and he was fired off set And if you're wondering why the suit is red Well, this is how they shot the scenes where the predator was using his cloaking device as most of the scenes was shot in the Jungle which made it next to impossible to use the standard blue or green screen key Ultimately after shooting the first two acts of the film the creature wasn't working the way that was originally intended and Then the filmmakers then listed Stan Winston Studios and his crew to design and build a new creature Stan Winston Studios was a powerhouse in Hollywood Creating practical effects and creatures for aliens the Terminator and Edwards is a hands Once Stan Winston Studios got involved the creature started to really take form Stan had just done this before. I mean he knew how to go about it and it was just a Very different experience working And on a flight home from Japan Stan Winston was seated next to Terminator director James Cameron on an airplane flying to Japan with Jim Cameron sitting next to me and While was on this airplane flight to Japan I was sketching concepts for the predator Jim Cameron looked over to me says, you know, I always wanted to see something with mandibles And I went, oh really? Well, so what? With the new creature design came a new performer 742 actor Kevin Peter Hall was cast and elicited and bringing the predator to life. Let's get Kevin who can in fact Work in a suit who is an actor who can create a performance can create a character And here is a guy who is huge and Next to Arnold would make Arnold look like a peanut the costume was not without his challenges It was heavy and off-balance with a full mask on Kevin couldn't see and in one take and accidentally punch Schwarzenegger in the face during a fight scene this scene can still be seen in the movie today But what good is a villain if he doesn't have a great set of heroes to go up against Arnold Schwarzenegger and his crew which included Jesse Ventura Bill Duke car weathers and even the director of the 2018 reboot the predator Shane black these actors sweater themselves silly in the jungle Not only from the heat but from trying to prove themselves in front of Arnold All the actors would wake up at 4 a.m. And do rigorous weight training and running through the hot jungle And at times some of the actors would even wind up sick or just exhausted before a single camera Even started rolling for the day Arnold absolutely loved this and even played jokes on Jesse Ventura biggest thrill for me was when we hit wardrobe and I happened to view Arnold's wardrobe tape and when my arms taped out One inch bigger than mr. Olympia's that made Jesse Ventura feel pretty good Well, I'm very happy about that because then my joke worked Because I tore the wardrobe department issue telling that so I can bet him a bottle of champagne after it's when he Comes to the gym. He came to the gym Two days later and he says you know something Arnold We should measure arms who has big arms as it of course we should as if it's better bottle champagne He says of course we should then we measure didn't arm was three inches bigger than his what the fuck Producers wanted sunny Landon to play the role of Billy, but it wasn't without its problems Sonny was a who the insurance company wouldn't let us hire it unless we got him got a bodyguard for Now the bodyguard was not to Protect sunny the bodyguard was to protect other people from sunny So we had this six foot eight inch tall giant man Who just had to follow sunny around 24 hours a day the entire time he worked in the movie and make sure that sunny never miss Proto went on to be a massive success for everyone involved and with a budget of only 19 million dollars It made over 98 million worldwide and it secured its chance to make another two sequels a spin-off with the aliens franchise And another predator film on the way My name's Ryan and this is Predator the history of a hunter if you love this video Make sure you hit that subscribe button and comment below with what you want to see us take you behind the scenes of Next time with the making of