The scene took place in a very upscale bar in the Biltmore Hotel downtown LA. This hotel was incredible, completely detailed from head to toe, apparently it held a brief stint as host to 8 Academy Awards during the 1930's. Speaking of brief stints...we started the day on a rather dark note, as some guy had jumped to his death in the building across from our hotel at 8:00am while we were in wardrobe getting dressed. (rumor was that it was one of the grips) Wowsah!
The AD greeted us bright and early at 7:30, and said to brace ourselves, as it was going to be a long day, and prepare for at least 14 hours.
Just to give you an idea at how long it takes to film a 2 hour movie...this 14 hour day consisted of only filming 1 scene where Russell walked from one end of the bar to the other, shared some dialogue with Robin's character (the girl Robin), and then a couple close ups with them sitting down talking. So, I guess you could call it 2 scenes, but still...you get the idea.
I have to admit I was a little star struck seeing 'Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North' walk into a bar 5 feet away from me. In fact, contrary to what most people think, there were no bar stools flying, no fist to cuffs, turns out...Russ was one cool bloke. He joked with us about drinking copious amounts of alcohol (I think he likes the sauce) and at one point, I happened to catch this extra staring at him while we were on our marks, and as soon as Russell noticed, he quickly turned his head away as if something incredible was happening on the floor. Russell took a couple steps towards him, leaned in, and introduced himself and shook his hand.
From what I understand, this movie has went through it's share of actors attached to it (Ed Norton, Brad Pitt) but they had to settle with Mr. Affleck.
But come on, who didn't love him as O'Bannion in Dazed and Confused!!?
"Y'all ready to bust some Freshman ass!?"
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