HowThe Righteous Gemstonespulled off a giddy, gruesome, emotionally devastating mid-jack-off altercation.
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What prosthetic genitalia would need to be crafted?
Which camera angles could hide the swap between the nude stuntman and the nude actor he was doubling?
Would the stunt double need to be circumcised?
Watson groans good-naturedly remembering these conversations.
I came onto a Zoom late whenDanny McBridewas discussing assignments.
Knowing that I went to Catholic school, I think he just wanted to see me squirm.
Watsons moving this in the perfect direction.
It was always naked.
Whether he is that guy or not, thats probably how Stephen sees himself as well.
It was always naked.
I remember a lot of jokes about that movieEastern Promises, Carcieri says.
BJ getting beat up by a naked man is another level of humiliation.
Its something that poor, sweet BJ has not been subjected to until now, Baltz says.
Ive never had to have the character think that he has to be something else.
While Baltz absorbed that change, Schneider grappled with how naked he wanted to be.
We dont have a ton of these things as we get older.
Its gotta be non-pornographic, tasteful, and funny.
In McBride and Carcieris script, the fight was specifically planned.
(I remember telling him, Jonathan, every time I work with you, we do nude stuff.
I think this is a specialty of yours, DeMeyers says.)
It became much more elaborate, Watson explains.
Its gotta be non-pornographic, tasteful, and funny, Daley says.
So we photographed it super-tastefully.
It just happens to be a man with no clothes on.
Watsons shot list was exceptionally detailed, with descriptions for each of the scenes 50-plus frames.
Hes not going to feel good about it.
Its not going to heal the things that were wrong in his and Judys relationship, Carcieri says.
boast he uses on Stephen before the fight.
This reworking meant that a later, already-filmed meeting between Stephen, BJ, and Judy got scrapped.
Hopefully itll be on a deleted scenes or something, says Carcieri.
But that wasnt the only last-minute change to come.
Its not a victory emotionally.
It was like, Sure, Ill come hang out with my friends and shoot for a few days.
The day I get there, now I need to cover for Paul.
Whats the worst that can happen?
Well, day one, heres the sides for what were shooting, and its this naked fight.
Pryor-Graves designated an area in the house where Schneider could have some privacy before and after filming.
As gnarly as it is, it was pretty straightforward and linear.
This wasntJohn WickorExtraction; it wasnt superlong takes of 30 beats of choreography, DeMeyers explains.
We were both just in this, like, fugue state, getting through it.
Baltz and Schneiders adrenaline was so amped up, they say, that they sometimes overdelivered.
I think Im as proud of that day of work as I am of anything Ive ever done.
We both had this feeling of, Ah, we did it.
We walked through the fire, he says.
Im just proud that I was able to swim to the rock and not drown.
The physical nudity was there for laughs, but the psychological rawness was meant to linger.
This is a different kind of scene.
Even though its a victory on paper for BJ, its not a victory emotionally for him.
We didnt want you to feel like, Fuck, yeah, get him!
We wanted you to feel afterward, Oh, that was dark.
All interviews were conducted prior to the SAG strike.
