Vanessa Angel was the original actress cast as Xena: Warrior Princess, but a last-minute flu meant she couldn’t travel to New Zealand. The producers scrambled to get a last minute local Kiwi replacement they didn’t have to fly out, and so found Lucy Lawless.
Rudolph Sieber Lonati, 1974
Giant Walrus (Walrus giganticus) from “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger” (1977).
Drew Struzan, the greatest poster artists ever, made this fake poster for a scene in “Jurassic Park 2,” with Arnold as Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” He also made one for “Jack and the Beanstalk” with Robin Williams.
Sharon Bruneau and Debbie Muggli as the two female cyborg assassins in Albert Pyun’s “Nemesis 3: Time Lapse” (1996).