Chapter 5 Summary: As Adam moved to join his friends at the door, several figures emerged from the shadows.
Overall Summary:Dr. Aziraphale Fell has worked at an Antarctic research station for years, and he’s never seen a winter like this. Usually the danger lies outside, in the harsh winter conditions. Unsettling events and people acting strangely have him on edge. Isolated and lonely, he clings to one of his new colleagues for comfort. Can Aziraphale and Crowley protect themselves and their friends from the danger infiltrating their ranks? They only have to make it until dawn, which is several months away.
I hate it when actors talk about an animal they had to work with on set and it’s obvious they were not patient with the animal at all. You especially see this with non cat people who had to work with cats and are like “Working with that cat was the bane of my existence, never on cue, scratched me once, always seemed afraid of me.” Like yeah, she’s a cat. She could probably sense you hated her. It’s hard enough to be an animal in the entertainment industry without some guy being a dick to you. Are you that uncharitable with human costars (and particularly child actors) or do you just hate animals?
Conversely, it’s so heartwarming when an actor speaks positively about an animal they worked with and/or there are behind the scenes stories of the crew genuinely trying to make the animal comfortable and giving them grace.
One of my favorite examples of this is Mad Max 2 (1981) which was made on a budget of $4.5 million AUD (about $13.5 USD in today’s money). They ended up casting a dog from the pound that was scheduled to be put down and by all accounts the dog was a nightmare to work with. But most of the cast and crew loved him. The dog’s name was Dog so his character’s name was also Dog. He was difficult to train but super food motivated so they kept writing dog food into scenes for him. He kept freaking out on set and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Eventually they realized part of the reason he kept acting out was because he was terrified of the sound of cars and motorcycles so they had special doggy earplugs made. His character was supposed to be aggressive but real Dog was very affectionate and could not be made to behave aggressively so they had to use selective editing to make him seem more menacing. When filming was done multiple crew members wanted to adopt him because he was such a good bad boy. He was adopted by one of the stuntwomen and got to live out the rest of his life doing actual blue heeler things. That was his only film role.
Here’s Dog, bad at his job but such a good boy.
I don’t remember which movie it was or anything but there’s a story somewhere about a dog that was SO professional that the actors were low-key like “I’d rather work with that dog again than some fellow human actors”. I wanna say it was a wolf dog looking guy from like the 60s but I could be so wrong
I think you’re thinking of Jed! A Vancouver Island wolf & Alaskan Malamute mix who also started life as a pound puppy. Unlike Dog, he was very good at his job and had a number of film roles, most notably his breakout role in The Thing (1982) which gained him praise from John Carpenter and his human costars for his uncannily good acting skills. As a side note, he lived an extraordinarily long life for a large breed dog/wolf. Have to wonder if hybrid vigor gives you crazy acting chops.
One of the few really bright spots in No Time to Die is Q’s cats, and there’s literally a bit where you can 100% tell Ben Whishaw is a cat person because of the way he picks one of them up. I was completely unsurprised to read an article where he indicated he was absolutely delighted to have them on set and, um. At some point in his life owned eleven cats. At one time. Because that’s absolutely not a gay Millennial stereotype.
astonishing how good it can feel to get some chores done sometimes. you’ll be sitting there like damn i am some type of horrid little smeagol like creature who should be crushed to death. but then you do some laundry and you’re like wrow. im actually gods most fuckable soldier.
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