What do film makers use in films when a scene is shot where an actor snorts cocaine? I was watching a film and thought they can't be using the real stuff, or can they? Are there any side affects from snorting this prop substance? I was wondering if they used glass, at least that would get rid of a few annoying celebrities!
2007-03-06 01:45:05 · 19 answers · asked by Des does it for the ladies 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
http://proppeople.com/resources/cocaine.htm
2007-03-06 01:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Jack H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you open a piece of gum sometimes there is white powder covering the gum to keep the gum from melting and sticking to the wrapper .
It is called gum base powder you can buy it by the can,
It is odorless and harmless Uma snorted it in Pulp Fiction.
Whenever they show "snorting" in movies it is usually Implied
they show the guy grab a straw or Tony grabs a hand full and snorts..
Truth be told you rarely see stuff disappear up a nostril
but when you do it is Gum base powder.
2007-03-06 02:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rickdark1 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question! I don't think they use glass, that would wreak havoc on a person's sinuses. I would probably guess flour. It wouldn't be caustic and would not have any negative physical effects. But only they know what they use for sure. What I do know, is that it wouldn't be the real thing, they'd get busted. Someone on the set would squeal to the cops or sell the story to the enquirer.
2007-03-06 01:51:17 · answer #3 · answered by Gayle 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the movie, The Basketball Diaries, Leonardo DiCaprio used Ovaltine.
2007-03-06 07:39:14 · answer #4 · answered by eyenoura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cocaine?
2007-03-06 01:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Castor Sugar
2007-03-06 01:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
powdered baby milk and/or powdered sugar.
Since cocain is "cut" with either of these in real life... the product looks the same.
2007-03-06 01:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Talcum Powder!!!
2007-03-06 01:49:58 · answer #8 · answered by K S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They probably use some inert non-nutritive substance like Inositol.
2007-03-06 01:48:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
MMM dunno??
good question though.. maybe they use the real thing so they are actually off their face.. can play the part then lol..
2007-03-06 01:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by missnikid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Condensed baby milk.
2007-03-06 01:47:15 · answer #11 · answered by Film Jedi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋