So they brought in Frank Urioste to recut the movie, to make it funny campy is what the mission was. And the studio, after looking at it, said, ‘This is not going to work as a horror film without re-shoots.’ So they asked the editor to recut it, and the editor refused. And Renny was not happy, the issue being that Renny thought he was making a horror film, and what we had watched was very serious. So, we read the notes, and the studio came up with a pile of notes. And some person sitting in the front row stood up, turned around, and yelled to the entire theatre, ‘Renny Harlin, you suck!’ And Renny was in the back row. And I put together the shark attack and we tested the movie.Īnd it was one of the most exciting tests I’ve ever been at, because when the lights came on, it was deathly quiet. And since Sam never read all seven pages, we had somebody doing his voice, or we used over the shoulders or whatever. So, we get into post, and the editor pieced together a whole sequence so that the seven pages could be delivered. The sooner you kill me, the happier I’ll be.’ And I bee-line it to Sam, and I go, ‘Sam, you know, we can kill you even before you’re at the end of the pool, if you’re happy.’ And he goes, ‘Yeah, I’m not happy. So, I finish up all my passes, and I get to the dining hall. And then we’d drop a big thing back into it, to make a ‘ka-thud’. And after he left, I had a bunch of passes to do where I had a wire frame of a shark made out have metal, which we yanked up out of the water to create the perfect splash. I don’t think Sam ever got into position when Renny wanted him to. So, I got involved after take two or three, and said, ‘Renny, Sam and I thought it’d be much cooler if he’s attacked before he says the speech, because the audience is thinking, ‘Oh, well, he’s the star, he’s got this big thing, and it’s just sort of like a National Lampoon joke and then the shark just wipes him out.’Īnd Renny goes, ‘What’s National Lampoon?’ I said, ‘It’s like the Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indy goes to fight the big sword wielding guy, and he just pulls the gun and shoots him, instead of engaging.’ And Renny goes, ‘That won’t work.’ So, on and on it went, very contentious, in a kind way, between Sam and Renny. So, take two, Sam goes, ‘You think water’s fast…’ And he jogs forward and he goes, ‘You haven’t seen ice.’ And he’s in the position and Renny says, ‘Cut, cut, cut.’Īnd they did this for, like, 20 takes, with Sam explaining to Renny that he thinks there’s no way to say this dialogue. Then you’ll get there, and then it’ll be a big surprise.’ Sam goes, ‘Yeah, fine, all right’. So you start back there, then you walk and talk very slowly. Sam goes, ‘Yeah, okay fine.’ But he goes, ‘Renny, have you read this dialogue? I don’t want to say it.’Īnd Renny goes, ‘Yeah, but Sam you have to say it, because it’s the big scene. So, take one, Sam says, ‘Think water’s fast? Have you seen ice?’ And he starts pondering and walking, and then he looks up and he’s in the position, and he says, ‘There were seven of us on that mountain, and only five of us returned’, or whatever it was.Īnd Renny goes, ‘Cut, cut, cut.’ He goes, ‘Sam, you’ve got seven pages, you’ve got a long ways to go, you know? Don’t land there before the seventh page…’. So the game was, how do we get Sam there without it looking like he’s running? So, I told Sam, ‘Whenever you can get to the front, I will kill you.’ ![]() And he has to walk from the back of the bay, around the moon pool and then forward to be right there where he gets eaten. So, he starts at the back of the bay, and they cut to him and he says, ‘You think water’s fast? You haven’t seen ice.’ That was the line. I can kill you much earlier than the end of the seven pages.’ He said, ‘You know, why don’t you just kill me?’ And I said ‘Hmm, yeah, I can kill you. The night before, Sam called me up, and he goes, ‘Have you read this?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I did.’ And I go, ‘I’m going to really be interested in how you’re going to make this one work.’ At this point I’d done Long Kiss Goodnight, and Sphere, and this was the third in a row with Sam. Jeff Okun (visual effects supervisor, Deep Blue Sea): When we got the script pages for this scene, it was seven pages of the worst dialogue you’ve ever heard in your life.
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