Inspector Gadget - DVD During the experimental operation, Brenda (Joely Fisher) implants 14,000 useful and handy devices all over Inspector Gadget's body to turn him into a 21st-century human crime-fighting machine. To make Gadget "fly" the production team used anywhere from six to 12 wires on Matthew Broderick then digitally removed them on the computer. Before filming, Matthew Broderick spent two weeks having molds taken of his body, including 10 molds of his head in different positions and five of his face. Once they began assembling the animatronic pieces, Broderick had to get used to seeing his body parts strewn all over the studio. "It was a little bit distressing," he says, "particularly a head -- a severed head." Seven Lincoln Continentals, recovered from all over the country, were used to create The Gadgetmobile. They were physically rigged, rebuilt, torn apart, and prepped for fire.