Nibble
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- Jan 3, 2007
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I love a good film anecdote. Two of my favourites I heard were..
On the set of The Greatest Story Ever Told there is a scene where John Wayne has to look up at Jesus on the cross and proclaim "You are indeed the Son of God". The director approached him after a few takes and said to him he needs to say it with more "Awe". On the next take John Wayne proclaimed "Awwww, You are the Son of God".
During the scene in Deliverance where Burt Reynold's character goes over the waterfall they used a dummy several times. John Boorman wasn't happy with the way it looked so approached Reynolds and said "It just looks like a dummy going over a waterfall, could you go over yourself?"
Burt Reynolds was a qualified stuntman and with hesitation agreed to do it himself. He suffered a broken leg, 4 cracked ribs and other injuries and was sent to hospital with filming put on hold for weeks. Boorman visited him in the ward a few days later but all Reynolds was interested in was "How did it look? How did it look?"
After some hesitation John Boorman replied..."It looked like a dummy going over a waterfall".
Anyone know any others, I love that stuff!
On the set of The Greatest Story Ever Told there is a scene where John Wayne has to look up at Jesus on the cross and proclaim "You are indeed the Son of God". The director approached him after a few takes and said to him he needs to say it with more "Awe". On the next take John Wayne proclaimed "Awwww, You are the Son of God".
During the scene in Deliverance where Burt Reynold's character goes over the waterfall they used a dummy several times. John Boorman wasn't happy with the way it looked so approached Reynolds and said "It just looks like a dummy going over a waterfall, could you go over yourself?"
Burt Reynolds was a qualified stuntman and with hesitation agreed to do it himself. He suffered a broken leg, 4 cracked ribs and other injuries and was sent to hospital with filming put on hold for weeks. Boorman visited him in the ward a few days later but all Reynolds was interested in was "How did it look? How did it look?"
After some hesitation John Boorman replied..."It looked like a dummy going over a waterfall".
Anyone know any others, I love that stuff!