How 10 Different Animals Are Trained For Movies & TV | Movies Insider
It's hard enough to direct human actors in a challenging role. What if the performers aren't human at all? Hollywood movies have made stars out of almost every member of the animal kingdom, from the deadly python in "Snakes on a Plane" and the capuchin monkey in "The Hangover Part II" to the real spider actors in "Arachnophobia" and "Spider-Man." And it's up to animal trainers, wranglers, and handlers to get the performances they need out of all of these critters, tailoring their approaches to the type of animal they're dealing with and the specific tricks or actions filmmakers want to see.
Trainer Benay Karp uses peanut butter to make her parrots look like they're talking for TV jobs, while "goat mom" Scout Raskin takes advantage of her goats' natural instincts to get them to do specific movements for the camera. Meanwhile, reptile wranglers like the ones at Universal Animals use different approaches to handling venomous and non-venomous snakes for movies and TV productions. From teaching horses to fall down safely in "Game of Thrones" battles to getting a cockroach to hit its mark for a memorable scene in "Saint Maud," let's look at how trainers prepare 10 different animals and insects for some of Hollywood's biggest roles.
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“What do you do for a living?” “I train cockroaches”
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
“I’m sorry, what?”
@@Mai-po1me lol
🏃♀️💨 Nope
Is someone gonna train 🪰 fly’s
I can't believe there's cockroach actors and I can't even get a gig 😢
The likes 👌🏽
Even roach act better than me 😭
I think you misspelled Pig
Bruh
@@MeisterGlanz86 no they meant gig
Imagine seeing the cockroach on set and then accidentally killing it
Or may be shouting and asking, hey is this one of ours it's just a common roach?
FILTHY FRANK
i’m listening to joji rn :,((
Frankkuuuuuuuu!!!!.......
That my friend is what I call a happy accident
Ever think how confused the animals must be? Like - "my human friend likes this, I guess?"
Lmao. As long as they get rewards, they will do it again
except the parrots, they're too smart to get confused. Look at the videos on here of African greys, many of them have figured out how to use Alexa to meet their own needs, in some cases better than the humans can eg the parrot that keeps calling walmart & owner was shocked the first time, cause she didn't even know how to do it. Same parrot tells Alexa to turn lights on & off & music on & off to override it's owners choices lol & a lot of them seem to like adding things like strawberries to the shopping list - repeatedly!
@@mehere8038 When you said parrots like adding strawberries to shopping lists, are you talking about the parrot that added farts to a shopping list?
@@limiv5272 I think it was a different one, but yeh, they order farts too :) I have a feeling the fart one may have been the same as the parrot that tells it "alexa stop" repeatedly when it's owner tries to Frank Sinatra lol so I gave the strawberries example instead to make sure I had some variety of different parrots using alexa in there :)
@@mehere8038 I've clearly missed some good videos
I never realized that the cockroaches were trained
Ikr
Or spiders!
The more you know 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🌠
There's actually cases like prisoners trains cockroches to smuggle cigarettes into the prison.
@@michaelgobi3295 dang they that desperate to smoke huh
Damn, I wonder what kind of training Stuart had to go through before filming Stuart Little.
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Bahhaha
Why do the cockroaches sound the most like actors and actresses tho
Because they’re sensitive. There are many different species of roach, most species eat fruits and live in rainforest. The stereo typical cockroach (American cockroaches) are one of the few species that are pests, all the others are just chill roaches, many people keep tropical species as pets
Ha... They add the same benefit to society, also.
@@johnbaer1528 you like marvel movies?
@@natalieorlando6583 Stop. Please no.
@@johnbaer1528 entertainment?
Had no idea the spider from Spider-Man was a real spider at all.
There's real spiders in the 2014 reboot too.
Guess you haven't seen Arachnophobia yet, way more real spiders in that movie (plus Big Bob).
Same Lol
@@RoCkShaDoWWaLkEr that's not what he mean to....
It's funny that the hardest animal to train is the regular house cat. Also, they think that they are the ones training you. I'm sure no one is surprised by that, but it's still funny. It's all part of their charm.
i trained my cat to sit 👁👄
As kittens, they know you're the boss. Always start young when training animals, they'll be tamer
Well cat try to teach you how to hunt because they think you are weak and you can hunt for yourself, plus they could live by themselves so in a way they are the ones training you lol
One of the reasons scientists can't measure cat intelligence like they do with other animals is because cats don't give a flying flip, so it becomes impossible to say if a cat won't complete a task because they're dumb or because they're apathetic. Like, we're pretty sure most cats are pretty smart, but we can't qualify it because very few will accede to our tests.
I used to eat cats
They used to trip the horses, that’s so mean! 😭 Also, I have mad respect for the cockroach trainer... ick 🪳😂
I want a pet hissing cockroach so much tho 👀
Big cockroaches, especially the jungle big ones looks dope
Y’all are brave. They freak me out! Especially if they hissed! 😭
@@lalalalaaAa123 lol they only hiss a defense mechanism but if your gentle with them theyre kinda cute tahts the one thats in the video on p sure
@@lalalalaaAa123 The reason the the American Humane Society was formed was due to the outrage when 2 horses were blindfolded & filmed galloping off a cliff pulling a carriage. The blindfolds being so that the horses didn't stop when they reached the cliff. There's been some horrendous behaviour in the film industry over the years! Children & women don't get it much better than the animals either! In fact in recent years they probably get worse (although there's still some pretty bad horror stories that come out with animals too, especially during training before the actual filming & monitoring begins, but Crystal the monkey was caught up in some outrage with the Hangover as well, being filmed outside America to avoid monitoring)
I swear, if I was a roach trainer I would train the cockroaches in my kitchen to attack intruders.
Sounds like a horror movie
Imagine this: You are a robber. You found a good place with a defenseless person. Or so you think. You enter through the window. Then, you hear it. Although weak, you can feel something moving. Or someone. Then, you feel it in your shoes. Then in your pants. Then, the lower part of your chest. You turn on the lights. There is a group of cockroaches surrounding you. Then, even more. Then, the so called "defenseless person" appears. "YOU HAVE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE COMING HERE", he says. "COME, MY CHILDREN. RID THIS WORLD OF IT'S EVIL". You panic. The doors are locked. The windows are locked. You break the window. Although you are still arrested, you are glad that you will never go to that house again.
You have cockroaches in your kitchen? Bruh
This sounds so cool and funny. I hate roaches.
@@smallstellateddodecahedron539 wattpad stories:
This whole time I thought the spider in Spiderman was completely CGI. Did not know they used a real spider and just painted it. Toby was a good sport to allow it to land on him.
Jesus they used to straight up trip horses on movie sets?!? Those poor animals. Glad there’s a lot more care given to the animal actors these days. Also big props to the people who can train cats. Mine have trained me
Notice how some species tend to appear in a lot more movies & tv shows than others? & cats aren't one of the frequent stars lol
So funny I want to tip a cow
There was an old movie about war of some sort (can’t remember the name, read about it years ago) but in this movie there was a scene where calvary was breaching the river. They put BARBED WIRE to make it “realistic”. Needless to say it resulted in injuries and general distaste when it came out how they shot the movie
its just on the set, they train the horses
@@kv-6289 no, in old movies they literally tripped them. Nowadays they are trained though
now i know it was right to say "the animal is a paid actor" after all.
Yes, it will be correct to say that
Wow they had theses horses running at top speed only trip them by invisible wires. Im glad we now know how to train them
It’s not only dangerous for the horses, the riders must have been hurt when the horses collapsed like that so quickly
@@ebbiebean9385 Yeah but im sure they were prepared for it and were trained
Did they just constantly snap the horses' legs or what? 😢
People have known how to train them for centuries; you can find videos of Cossacks laying down their horses in the early 1900s and they were using traditional techniques. Hollywood just considered horses disposable until recently. Actually, they considered basically everyone disposable - people died on some of those old sets.
@@ebbiebean9385 The people knew where the wires were, they had a chance
I've always wondered how they trained animals for movies and tv shows
same
God same
and know you know it
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I LOVED those rat scenes. Rats are smart, friendly, and learn tricks relatively easier than some other animals. Peanut butter is gold! I had a batch that travelled from the house to the park in a shoulder bag, then swarmed out to eat grass and bugs, then would return to the bag when I called. Scared the life out of a few people, but they were never in danger. The movies (Ben, Willard, etc.) Convinced people they could be trained for evil. They were trained for peanut butter, they aren't dangerous. Saved me from being burglarized in a very sketchy living area. The locals were convinced that they were trained to "attack." Nope, just to go from treats to treats, or treats to a bag. No violence involved. But no one challenged the "rat lady." Thanks, little guys.....seriously! Sweet little cuddlebugs.
You and your rats sound amazing tbh... life goals
I'm glad today they treat their animal actors with care. They deserve rest after filming and some lunch break. That's how you deal with your animal actors and actresses
When I saw the snakes I looked over at my pet snake who was stuck in my sleeve-
pretty fitting for you byron
That's kinda cute lol
Big brain boi
i looked over to my snake in her enclosure hehe
horses are super easy to trick train if they're very food oriented. i've taught my mare how to "smile" recently. she picked it up so fast for treats
When they told me "you can be whatever you want", they should have specified that cockroach trainer was an option.
when a roach is more successful than u: 😃
The letter u is underrated
@@britishwatermelon680 definetely not U nderused tho
@@mrchadthundercock7973 nice p *u* n
2:58 Wow, I had no idea they used a real spider for that scene. Thank you for the update, Insider..!!
I don’t understand how it took this long for humans to realize u shouldn’t torture animals for movies. What an original idea to not trip horses over
I think its because humans are getting softer and more empathetic as time goes on
Actually people dying while filming movies was seen as normal in the 1950's
@@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE and that should’ve been okay?
@@aris7233 What a dumb comment. Why would you even imply such a thing? The point is that filmmakers at the time couldn't extend basic decency and empathy to humans, let alone to animals.
forget the horse, the riders on them are the real victim
I love that the goat in the witch movie was just super stoked when he was acting "scary" lol
"cats are the most difficult to train" I feel like my cat is smarter than me sometimes
i don't.get it...why do u habe this pfp and this name and then comment things like this ...its weird🤮
@@Elyhhk Says the one that's name is i like the smell of dead bodies :/
@@Elyhhk Also learn how to spell words :/
@@Elyhhk And fix your grammar
@@sakuragihanamichi8527 its a mistake boo shut up
Something that I find funny is when dogs play wolves, generally a husky, they pull an aggressive face. They get trained to snarl, but the VFX people need to edit out the wagging tails, becuase the dogs are so exited!😂
Let's sink in on the fact the roach has a double, who in turn is also her biological sister 😂
Yeah, trip wire on horses is cruel, and saying cockroaches are small when that thing was the size of a rat? Nope.
@Mythical Not back then. Back then they didnt give a shit about the animal. They did whatever they wanted with them as long as they got the movie shot they wanted
I should have skipped the cockroaches part, I will have nightmares with those images in my mind now 😭😭😭😭😭 Those are so BIG, I hope I never meet one like this ever
"have you seen the new sport?" "what do you mean ?" "Spider olympics"
Awwwhh, Black Phillip was so happy he was jumping sideways! "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?"
Until one day my lead actor brought his emotional support chicken on set for a difficult scene, and she ate the actors (the roaches)... 🥺
hahahahaha that was so funny!
*wait wait wait wait-* *Is the cockroaches a actress too????* *Im just asking just in case-*
😂😂 yeah my chickens will snap up anything insect sized that moves. Roaches are a tasty snack.
*NNNNOOOOOO*
Trainer:"Hey I'm training my pet cockroach!" Random person:"???"
So, in old movies they literally tripped the horses that were running at full speed...That's awful 🥺
oof
It really is. Mind you, back then they were also pretty cavalier about endangering the lives of human beings on set. During the filming of the 1928 "Noah's Ark" movie, multiple extras drowned and others were maimed, and the director basically said "Hey, they took their chances". You can even see the poor bastards on camera, struggling to escape the ridiculously unsafe flooding effects.
The road to a animals’ Oscar shall begin with this video. And the Best Supporting Animal goes to: Bumble Bee. Imagine he brings his date😅
Me: Ew a bug *squish* Director: Th-that was the main character
damn bug got a bigger career than me rip
I'm glad that you guys decided to put the more typical animal actors towards the end, it made the video more interesting to watch and learn about some of the more niche cases first!
“Alright, what’s your superpower.” “I can train cockroaches 😈” “get out. 👉🏾 🚪” “why?” “GET OUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT GET OUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTT” (caleb city reference)
Hi fellow caleb city fan
Man its cold outside (caleb city reference)
@@arcadehole6182 it’s cold dawg 😢
Not everyone will get this😂😂
@@victorigwe4675 yeah true
Awesome stuff. I can't believe they painted that Spider! I thought it was all CGI!
so im wondering how the Godzilla and Kong animals were trained👀 Anyone know?
Im most curious about about Jurassic world them T-rex ain't a joke to train 😳
How did they train the aliens in pacific rim?
Damn think about the Shark in Jaws! 😳😳
@@holdthisl9112 They’re not that hard to train, just requires a couple of sacrifices.
Radioactive Lizards are actually highly intelligent and easy to train, like jack russel terriers.. you just tickle his belly with some light matchine gun fire and he opens his mouth so you can digitally add the blue fire. You just gotta make sure they don't get too excited because Jira lizards get tail waggy when happy and can accidentally take down some buildings inadvertently. Just keep some MUTO meat around for treats and it's fine. As for Kong... Kong is an absolute diva. Barely follows instructions, shows up late to set and drinks tankers full of banana smoothies. He required a personal trainer to stop him from getting fat, because he had to be in Hollywood shape for his big blockbuster. Just use gorilla sign language and hope he feels like acting... he knows he's the only big ape in the business and can get away with whatever he wants. Gidorah is a whole other issue. Training 3 in one... when they get skiddish they flap their wings, and last time Gidorah was startled we lost New Orleans! They look tough, but Gidorah is a bit softy. If you can keep the leftmost head under control, keep the middle one from being afraid and keep the right one well fed, they're pretty easy to deal with. Kaiju are actually pretty good to film with.. most people don't even know that Kong wore a few rubber suits for Pacific rim, he played the big Russian Jaeger too and Zilla played the big scary swimming one at the end with prosthetics. Now that Kaiju have earned fair pay and treatment, we should be seeing much more of them in films to come! (I heard Zilla might be in Shang Chi, playing Fin Fang Foom! That would be pretty cool!)
Oh wow, that's super impressive. I had no idea they used real animals in some of this stuff, and I had no clue they could train stuff like cockroaches, spiders, and snakes for that
The theme park I work at has supplied a lot of animals for movies. It’s actually really cool to know that I’ve worked around some big animal stars.
tripping the horses is so messed up man, thats just straight up abuse.
I dunno... I found some goats and started feeding them snack cakes in the night. There was one male. After he head butted the other goats to get the snack cakes. I yelled out "No! You be sweet!" And left. Right then. All cakes and Cheetos in hand. It took one or two times and that was it. He did his best to be civil after just that lul XD
D-y-am them goats were cute D; I think their favorite was strawberry roll snack cakes xD I know it's not good, but serious they like gonna kill em. So their happiness is more healthy at this point. :(
the cockroach looks cute now, I think I can get used to in my house with cockroaches(they appear rarely but there are many)
you shouldn't. roaches spread disease
They naturally explore and are scent oriented, liking a pot of jelly or a sip of nectar water. Sudden light or temp. changes can stress it out. If stressed it can run away, drop a stink bomb, or fly away. Now we know how to guide roaches outside our home lol
Dogs are so smart. My friends dog has realized he can’t jump on my legs when I have shorts only when my legs are covered. He gets crazy excited those days lol
One of my neighbours was an extra in GoT a couple of times (jousting contest and Tyrion and Sansa's wedding), and she said that when one of the jousting horses had to fall, its legs were yanked from under it. One of her fellow female extras cried because of it.
The person who got to paint the spider....I used to paint on Major Motion Movies, (retired Union Scenic Artist), but I have *never* had THAT cool of a day!
Aw those Madagascar Giant Hissing cockroach’s are so cute, I have a few of my own I also have two rats, and they are pretty easy to train
I’ve never understood why people don’t like them
Taking notes for when I will need these animals.
“Hey Bill- I uh. *I think I stepped on one of the cockroaches* “
I love the difference between cats and dogs like “they think they’re training you” and “it’s hard to train them to do nothing” haha
i never thought i needed to know this, but im glad i know it now
Great work!
I have a lot of respect for the animal trainers/managers/wranglers. They have what seems like a really difficult job and the average movie/show viewer doesn't even think about it.
They don’t THINK they’re training you. Cats ARE training you. My cat trained me to open up the window every day at 5:30 so she could look at the birds wake up and fly around.
Waw this trainors takes alot of time doing what they do best kudos to them🍻
That's gazab 🔥🔥🔥🔥
They should have included the spider's interview in this video: (little spider wearing expensive black ray vans) "....I had to wait hours for the make up to dry!...but it was worth it, been nominated for the Oscar twice already at the academy for my performance, hoping to win one day..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁👌
I love Crystal. Her role in Hangover was AWESOME
5:52 this parrot species is called the Aftrican Grey :)
Omfg they used trip wire for entertainment on real horses. That has me livid.
im glad they now are trained and have tons od cushions now
not only is it cruel to the animals, it's probably also dangerous for the rider!
I remember reading that the wolves in Twilight needed CGI tails because they were always so excited on set that their tails kept wagging
The VVitch was a great movie- its fun to find out how the goats were made to move that way is cool
Those poor horses!! I never knew they used trip wires, imagine how many animals were injured or had to be killed after each recording session 😰
This is so interesting..❤️
Right. I was hypnotized.
Honestly, guard cockroaches would be much more terrifying than guard dogs...
8:19 "...who's handled reptiles for over 350--" My brain: YEARS?! "...movies" Me: Oh... right. People don't live that long.
4:39 The "rope on the leg" can be very stressful for a horse as they are forced down. even if it doesn't cause them physical harm if down correctly, they will still most likely have trama. It's like being tripped in the school hallways for us, even if the floor was carpeted it can still scare us to death.
“Congrats! What’s you’re new job position?” “I train cockroaches” “I’m sorry what?”
the spider bite scene in Spiderman probably would've been done with CGI if it was done today, this kind of effort to more practical effects is incredibly commendable
Thanks for the very useful information. God blesses you and have a great future.
grace Dickinson is the best trainer to ever exist
11:34 "they think they're training me" *_So those comments weren't lying-_*
7:13 I have watched night at the museum 2004, 2014 and zoo keeper and we bought a zoo some of my fav movies
And crystal was in those movies
I can’t believe the horses were tripped! I want to be a horse trainer when I’m older, so this was pretty cool
Wow... That's awesome
I’m surprised Cockroaches can be thought better than me
Thanks for another great video
love the cockroaches!! those, the snakes, and the rats are my fave. sooo cute
Insideer makes the best documentary in the whole internet
Thanks now I will train my cockroache
I tried to train mine to leave, but I failed, so I trained my huntsmen spiders to guard the doors & eat them as they entered instead :)
This gave me chills😱😱
What a dedication.
I love training cockroaches! My technique is called *stomp*
No joke, when the roach trainer appeared on screen a cockroach was crawling down my leg I didn’t mind because I thought it was an ant I screamed like a b*tch
i love crystal shes so adorable! omg😭😍😍 adorable love monkeys
*American got talent judge:* "Who are you?" Her: "I'm cockroach trainer"
@Puella thank you
Typically, we don't like bugs in my family. But maybe I'm a little more progressive, and you kind of made these cockroaches… cute? That thumbnail basically got me to say, "Holy shit that cockroach is the size of your hand!" So I got curious if it was legit.
Wait a second, that mokey, Crystal, is Marcel, right? (From Friends)
As a animal lover this was very awesome
0:21 lmao 😂 😂 😂 😂 the goat starts throat singing 🎶
I just realized that a cockroach is more successful than me and more people
Partots are one of the few animals that can be trained to speak in human on cue as well as do physical tricks like roll over, carrying objects and walking to a fixed point. They are also able to fly! Super smart and epically awesome. Honestly why would you want to use a cockroach in a movie when you could use a bird? Im honestly not sure on that but whoever trained those roaches. Thanks for doing what i will never do! At least someone is more game than i am! Note: my bird does all the above tricks as well as so many others... and he isnt a movie bird. he is currently learning to roller skate. And im 100% seriously telling the truth here. Oh and unlike the monkey, my bird is toilet trained. It was his first “trick”
Thank you, that was really interesting
Very interesting video, nicely done!
11:35 how cute is that
Oooo
The fact it is apparently easier to train a cockroach than a cat is endlessly amusing to me.
11:13 I taught my cat some tricks like sit,spin, and reach with these lol I’m still trying to get her to learn shake(or shake a paw “shakeapah” I say it like it’s one word)and I’m also teaching her to sit on my shoulder in a way where she won’t scratch me by accident (I take her on walks and she prefers to be on my shoulder if we’re by the road or walking a long distance at a good pace it makes her tiered to keep up with long human strides) also fun fact Annie is part mainecoon(the breed of cat they were training for the remake) and I’m also from Maine (where Steven king is from and where pet cemetery was shot) hope you liked reading my comment and didn’t waste your time (for anyone who reads this)
@@Julia-oi4uk ooo adorable Annie’s just under a year old now :D