Left:   This takes place right after the siege at the cabin.  I have chased Jerico to this remote location.  We had to film a few shots of me and Jerico running through the woods and over dirt roads.  Unfortunately, I had no idea we were filming those scenes today and had mistakenly drank a large Dunkin' Donuts coffee and had two donuts.  I thought I was gonna puke.  On a side note, I feel very fortunate that there is a Dunkins right near the hotel.  That's usually my first order of business when I'm on the road...find the nearest Dunkin' Donuts.  The first day, I told Mark I wanted to get coffee before the shooting started...he took me to the Sunoco and I had to settle for Gas Station Coffee (they try to give it some fancy "rachel's gourmet coffee" name...but it's still gas station coffee).  I was professional, I didn't pitch a hissy fit.  I just grumbled and drank my gas station coffee.  I never brought my anger to the set...that's the way I work.

     Left:  This is pretty much just a shot of the ledge where the fight scene took place.  I was just scoping out the footing.  It's a very scenic location and from what I saw of the "dailies" it looks great on film...even in black and white.  There's something poetic about the water raging behind us as we beat the living crap out of each other.  That's one thing that I was worried about:  the fight scene is a good 5 minutes long at least...and we punch the shit out of each other...yet no one bleeds.  I thought that would look bad.  But then I saw "Shanghai Noon" today (I highly recommend it...very funny and just a generally fun summer movie) and nobody bled at all in any of the fight scenes.  So I guess it's not even a big deal at all.
 

      Left:  This is one of my favorite pictures thus far (this one and the "production" picture from yesterday).  After the fight scene, we both notice my gun on the high bank of the waterfall (it had gotten knocked from my hand in the initial struggle).  We both scramble up the hill and I beat Jerico by a step, whipping around to point the gun right in his face.  On one take, Scott got a little too close and I clipped him in the nose with the gun.  Serves him right, afterall he punched me dead in the face in another take.  I swear mine was totally unintentional, though..it wasn't retribution.  I have my pride, but I'm not stupid...Scott could kick my ass without even trying!

    On a serious note, today was my last day working with Scott.  I'm gonna miss him.  We had a great chemistry and, quite frankly, he was a really good actor.  He made me better.  One of the things I learned in my acting classes was that you have to make the other person the MOST important person in the scene.  By really listening and reacting to what someone says, it makes them seem more convincing.  Sometimes, especially during the interrogation and final scenes, he was so smug that I really built up a hate for him.  I learned a lot from watching him act.

    He told me a pretty funny story.  He was working as an extra on Lethal Weapon 4 and for some reason, Mel Gibson was in the chow line with them.  A few people I know say that, on the movies they've worked on, that the stars will mingle with the extras and eat with them and all.  I have a theory on this.  I think that maybe they do this because a film set is one of the few places where they can mingle with people and it's not too big of a deal.  I mean, Gibson can't walk into a McDonalds without everyone in the place going "Look, it's Mel Gibson"...so maybe this is their way of interacting with people where it's not too big of a deal who they are.  Like I said, just a theory.  Anywho, he and another actor were in line, a few people behind Gibson.  His friend says, "Watch this" (which is usually never a good thing to hear someone say.  It's almost always followed by something either digusting, or just wrong).  The kid yells out, "GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!!" at the top of his lungs (Gibson's line from Ransom) and then looked down as if nothing happened.  Apparantly, Mel Gibson looked around, questioning.  The kid did it THREE MORE TIMES!  I saw an interview with Mel Gibson once where he said that after Ransom came out, people would come up to him on the street and say that line (I've also heard that after Mallrats came out, people would come up to Kevin Smith and "stinkpalm" him often...rent that if you have no idea what I'm talking about).  Can you imagine being accosted by people screaming, "GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!" everyday?