Trivia

As with the last film, Godzilla 1985 (1985), Godzilla was brought to life with different FX techniques: Two suits (one for land scenes, and another for the water scenes); an animatronic Godzilla from the torso up for close-up shots (this time, made in the same mold as the suit - it can move its head, neck, mouth, tongue, upper lip, eyes, and eyelids, with smoother and more organic movement than the 15-foot Cybot Godzilla from 1984); a lever-operated tail prop; a dummy head used for at least one water shot (where Godzilla's head rises out of the ocean while swimming); and a wired figure in a fixed "swimming" pose (for the bottom shots of Godzilla swimming underwater). A prototype "NG" Godzilla suit (similar to the final design, but with much bulkier features) was made, but not used. A stop-motion Godzilla model was used in test footage, but ultimately didn't test well. See more