![]() ![]() I know there is a shot on the lake as they first enter the black lagoon, Richard Carlson gets a boat hook to clear the way. My questions are: “What are these ruins, how much were actually included (anything in unused stock), why were they put so briefly in the last scenes, and what thoughts were behind them, or how were they related to the story? Anything you could add on these issues would be appreciated. I wasn’t sure at first that it was there, but in the next scene after this there is a very brief view of more columns, and then ruins suggesting buildings in a cavern behind the actors. I would like to ask a question that has bothered me for years….In the final scene where Gillman makes his final stand, where he is shot, and runs away, there is a glimpse of what appears to be a column base. Around the scales, after I got into it, they had highlighted it, with a gold/copper paint to give it that fishy sheen. The costume was made a mossy green – some were lighter, some were darker, so its hard to say…I would say it wasn’t real dark, but it was fairly dark around certain parts of the costume, and the other parts of the costume were more of a light green, and the eyes were as what we call our ‘white’ pupils, they were kind of a yellowish color, so they did make him more of a fish type. Was the land Creature costume a light moss green color? and what color were the eyes? As far as I know, I’ve been doing shows for some time, and I’ve talked to a lot of experts, and they all say the costume is gone. How many costumes were made and where are they now?Īs far as I know, I had between 5-6, I never really counted them but I did see them lined up, and as far as where they are today, I would say since they were made of foam rubber, there wouldn’t be any left today, because after 48 years, foam rubber in air would just turn to powder, so if anybody were to say that they have a “original” I would be very skeptical about it. With a breathing device, he would have emitted bubbles. The main reason is that fish do not emit bubbles. They were thinking about it, but they couldn’t get one to fit in the dorsal fin on the back of the suit. I will say this: Ricou Browning was a champion swimmer and water man as I was in other words, we could go down to 60-70 feet and hold our breathes for 4/4 and a half minutes, so as far as I know, Ricou Browning never had any kind of a breathing device. What type of breathing device was provided in the costume for the water scenes? How long could Ricou Browning stay under water?Īs far as I know, Ricou Browning didn’t use anything when he doubled me underwater. It fit my body like an outer layer of skin so as we went along it was easier to get in and out of. As we went along, I never knew if I was going to wear the same suit. For more info, be sure to visit his website at : What was the costume made of? How heavy was it? How long did it take you to get in and out of the costume?īen: Well, the costume was made out of foam rubber, and there was a latex one piece body stocking that I got into, many pieces were stuck to that, It was very simply made, its not like the high tech stuff of today, and the costume wasn’t very heavy, because it was made out of foam rubber, and it took about 2-3 hours to get in and out of (the costume). Users of the site where asked to submit question suggestions, which I then compiled and used as the basis for a phone interview with Chapman. The following is an interview with Ben Chapman, one of the actors who played the title character of ‘The Creature From The Black Lagoon’ (Chapman appeared as the creature in all above water scenes.) I originally did it for the America Movie Classics “AmPop” website, but since that has been taken down I am posting it here as well. ![]()
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