Weirdest Stargate (1994) Facts They Didn't Want You To Know

The first time they built the Stargate, it looked like a giant tire. Everyone on set knew the movie was dead if they couldn't fix it. So they repainted the entire 22-foot ring overnight and hoped for the best. Then the visual effects supervisor got fired. And then fired again. And again. He lost count of how many times Roland Emmerich told him to leave. But somehow, working from a garage with iced tea powder and a drill, he created the most iconic portal effect in film history. What happened in that garage changed science fiction forever.