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24 Shocking Before-And-After Photos Of TV And Movie Scenes That Were Filmed On A Green Screen

2026-09-30 22:42
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24 Shocking Before-And-After Photos Of TV And Movie Scenes That Were Filmed On A Green Screen

“Zoey 101” lied to us all.

1. Many carriage ride scenes on Bridgerton didn't have as nice of views as we thought.

Two women in a period drama setting, riding in an elegant carriage, wearing early 19th-century dresses with detailed necklines and jewelry

2. In fact, a lot of the Bridgerton exteriors on screen were not there in real life.

People in Regency-era outfits, walking in a garden setting, wearing elegant dresses with floral and ribbon details, conversing and enjoying the scene

3. Even Bridgerton scenes that looked like they were filmed in front of a real building...weren't.

Two film scene images show actors dressed in period costumes in front of green screens on a cobbled street set

4. In the Season 6 finale of Scandal, Olivia runs to Fitz, right outside of the White House, to say goodbye. Obviously, they weren't filming at the real White House, but shockingly, the building behind them wasn't real either.

Two images show a person walking toward a suited figure. Top image has a green screen; bottom features a mansion background

5. Also, at the end of the first crossover episode of Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, Olivia and Annalise aren't actually walking down the steps of the Supreme Court like we might've thought:

Two people walk down steps toward arches. One wears a long coat, the other a yellow coat. The background is a green screen in one image, columns in another

6. There are actually many exteriors in Scandal that are green-screened:

Two actors in formal coats stand facing each other. The top image shows a green screen background, and the bottom reveals the final edited scenery

7. The scenic view behind the lunch tables on Zoey 101 was actually not real.

Three young women sitting at a large table with blue water in one scene and a green screen in another

8. Ugly Betty used a lot of green screens to film scenes that took place on the streets of Manhattan.

A news reporter in a NYC scene turning to Betty and the same news reporter in front of a green screen turning to her

9. Also, in Season 1, a scene where Betty and Daniel walk on a bridge and rest against it was actually filmed with a green screen and a green banister.

The same scene on a bridge and then with a green screen behind it

10. Even scenes that took place on Betty's home street in Queens were not filmed on actual streets.

A scene with Betty in front of a house with a green screen beyond it

11. In The Wolf of Wall Street, editing completely transformed the exterior of this home.

Two people standing at the front door of a house that is brick in one scene and looks like white molding in another, with larger windows

12. And there was a brief shot in the film where the character Naomi walks along a pier to get on a boat to Italy, which was also brought to life by the magic of editing.

The pier scene, surrounded by water, and the actual filming with a green screen in a long hallway

13. The 2013 film The Great Gatsby employed green screens to add details to Jay Gatsby's house.

An interior scene with an ornate ceiling instead of a plain blue backdrop

14. Also, this elegant yard was actually shot on some big, empty field.

A plain green field replaced by one with mazes and gardens and a huge house in the background

15. Some outside shots of Gatsby's house were also fully edited.

Leo DiCaprio as Gatsby with a house behind him in one scene and a blue screen in the next

16. And the scene where Gatsby and Nick walk on the pier is, once again, actually a "pier" in a studio.

Nick and Gatsby walking on a pier which actually has a blue screen behind it

17. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the spiral staircase in Hogwarts was not nearly as long as it appeared to be.

Multilevel spiral staircase in one scene and a single spiral staircase with a green base in another

18. In another scene inside the walls of Hogwarts, Helena Ravenclaw floats down the hallway...but there was no hallway.

Ghostly figure floating in a hallway in one photo and an actor walking along a platform with a green screen in another

19. And when Harry, Hermione, and Ron come out of the lake, yeah, that whole thing was not actually filmed outside.

Actors, including a bare-chested Harry, in front of a lake in one scene and a green screen in another

20. In The Hunger Games, high-tech desks in the control room obviously don't exist IRL, but I was still surprised to learn that they created the image just from putting a green layer over the counters.

People sitting around a circular table with controls on top in one scene and around one with a green top in another

21. This rooftop scene with Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy was not what it appeared to be.

Cristina sitting at a table with a man and glasses of wine, with a city skyline at night in one scene and a green screen in another

22. In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, the outside view of Carlisle's home office was all fake.

A medical office with a natural landscape seen through the windows in one photo and a green screen in another

23. In A Series of Unfortunate Events, the outside of Josephine's house wasn't a completely built set piece.

Two people standing on steps in front of a decrepit house in one scene and on steps in front of a green screen in another

24. And lastly, these ships and the sea in this Boardwalk Empire scene didn't exist at all.

A crowd of people standing in front of two huge docked ships in one scene and in front of a small green screen with tenement houses behind it in another

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