{"id":11188,"date":"2026-08-14T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/geena-davis-recalls-making-the-fly-explains-practical-effects\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:00:00","slug":"geena-davis-recalls-making-the-fly-explains-practical-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/geena-davis-recalls-making-the-fly-explains-practical-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Geena Davis recalls making The Fly, explains practical effects"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Geena Davis<\/a> can’t believe that she’s talking about The Fly<\/a> <\/em>40 years later.<\/p>\n

The Oscar winner tells Gold Derby that when was cast opposite Jeff Goldblum<\/a> in David Cronenberg<\/a>‘s remake of the 1958 B-movie, she had no clue she would become part of one of sci-fi horror’s most enduring classics. But now, four decades after the film’s release on Aug. 15, 1986, she thinks the hand-made approach has helped the film endure.<\/p>\n

“It was pretty intense because nobody had CGI or anything then,” she says. “It all had to be real.”<\/p>\n

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Written by Charles Edward Pogue and Cronenberg, The Fly<\/em> stars Goldblum as Seth Brundle, an eccentric scientist who develops teleportation technology. Davis plays Veronica Quaife, the journalist who becomes romantically involved with Brundle and ultimately witnesses his horrifying transformation after a housefly gets trapped in the portal and its DNA is merged with the scientist’s.<\/p>\n

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Critics embraced the film \u2014 it has an 81 “universal acclaim” rating<\/a> on Metacritic \u2014 with Gene Siskel ranking it as one of his 10 best films of 1986 and Roger Ebert declaring Goldblum’s performance Oscar-worthy. At the Oscars, special makeup effects artists Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis took home the statuette for Best Makeup. Made for a reported $9 million, The Fly<\/em> grossed more than $60 million worldwide, finishing in the top 25 for the year.<\/p>\n

Davis’ instantly iconic line \u2014 “Be afraid, be very afraid” \u2014 is still quoted today.<\/p>\n

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