'The Fall Guy' director David Leitch is joined by stars of the film Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt as he breaks down the scene where Jody and Colt unpack their relationship in front of the whole crew on set…while getting lit on fire. Hear them discuss the intricate details that went into production, whether Jody's character was really inspired by Greta Gerwig and so much more.THE FALL GUY is in theaters now, https://www.thefallguymovie.com/tickets/Director: Funmi SunmonuEditor: Louis LalireTalent: David Leitch, Ryan Gosling, Emily BluntAssociate Producer: Emebeit BeyeneProduction Manager: Andressa PelachiProduction Coordinator: Elizabeth HymesTalent Booker: Meredith Judkins, Mica MedoffProduction Assistant: Brock Spitaels, Shenelle JonesPost Production Supervisor: Christian OlguinPost Production Coordinator: Scout AlterSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAdditional Editor: JC ScruggsAssistant Editor: Andy MorellSpecial Thanks: Glass Engine
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00:00Was it, Ifling? Was it to you?
00:03What was it?
00:04Emily, this is me, Ryan, now.
00:06Sorry, I'm still there.
00:09Hi guys, I'm Ryan Gosling.
00:10I'm Emily Blunt.
00:11I'm David Leitch and this is Notes on a Scene, for the Fall Guy.
00:14For the Fall Guy.
00:15We're gonna go again, Colt, because there was a little buzz on that one.
00:18Okay, light him up!
00:20Last one, everybody! Action!
00:22So the scene we're about to see is Jodie and Colt unpacking their past on set in front of the crew.
00:32Let's dive into the scene, let's have some fun.
00:34Here we go, hit the play.
00:36We're going again!
00:38So we're actually really doing this stunt and that is...
00:42Not me.
00:43Ryan Gosling!
00:44Let's pause that, please.
00:45So let's go back for a second.
00:46Here, can we go back for a second?
00:48We're going again!
00:53So we're actually really doing this stunt.
00:55We did a lot of practical stunts in this movie, like more than you would normally do in a film like this.
01:00All this fire is real, but what we did do in this was a motion control shot.
01:04So we actually did a fire burn with Ben, the stunt double, and then we did another motion control pass with Ryan.
01:11See, that is actually you.
01:12My kids said they were cool if I did a stunt film, but that I could not get set on fire.
01:17Real fire, real Ryan, but...
01:19And this is me!
01:20Ben Jenkins came in.
01:21That's me right there.
01:22Ben Jenkins came in and he did it.
01:24He actually said, I guess he called Chris O'Hara and asked if he could get set on fire.
01:28Yeah, he called the stunt coordinator.
01:29Because he'd never done it before.
01:30He'd never done the stunt before.
01:31He was a fire virgin.
01:32We're going to be a great team.
01:33Yeah, yeah.
01:34Why do you ask?
01:35I don't know.
01:36It was eight times, right?
01:37He did eight fire burns.
01:38That's not the limit, that just was your limit.
01:40Or Ben's limit.
01:41Yeah, it was Ben's, that's all he could take.
01:43Now what is the effect on your skin after a fire burn, for real?
01:47Without doing a thumbs up stunt thing, is it bad?
01:50Are you pretty crispy?
01:51No, I mean, the thing about a fire stunt is actually it's a relatively safe thing.
01:56But if it goes wrong, it goes really wrong fast.
01:58So if you're following the protocols, keeping the heat away from you, using the fire gel,
02:03using the protective clothing, it can be really safe and effective.
02:07But if winds change, you know, your safety guys weren't there and you can't put yourself out,
02:12then it's seconds before it turns bad.
02:15Ben's gloves and shoes melted onto his hands and feet.
02:19Oh yeah, he was hot.
02:20This is a lot of fire on a person.
02:23But let's look.
02:24So this is another moment we had Ben.
02:26That's still his face right there, right?
02:28Boom.
02:29That's Ben.
02:30And Ben's going to hit the wall hard, which is great.
02:33Oh!
02:34And then here you have Ryan.
02:37But the fire was not on you.
02:39That was added afterwards.
02:41That fire in there was added in post.
02:43We used a MoCo shot for that one shot where we tied Ryan into the fire stunt.
02:48But all of the stunt stuff that Ben is doing, we just use practical fire.
02:52And part of the reason you do practical fire is that it challenges the visual effects artists
02:57to match when they're adding fire.
02:59And they have things to pull from it.
03:00It makes it more real.
03:01So again, the more practical things you can do,
03:04the better your visual effects are going to end up being, generally speaking.
03:08And Emily's performance was fire.
03:10I don't think you used any gel at all, did you?
03:12I didn't need any.
03:13No.
03:14Dave, are these little pieces of pink tape?
03:16What's going on with those?
03:17They are.
03:18Wait!
03:19Is that our movie or is that Jodie's movie?
03:23That's Jodie's movie making the movie, right?
03:25That's why we kept the wires in.
03:26Obviously, you're seeing a moment in Jodie's film where we're doing a stunt.
03:32But showing it for real.
03:33Yeah, we're keeping all that stuff in there.
03:37Okay.
03:38All right.
03:40So here they are unpacking their relationship.
03:44For a little more context, Cole.
03:46Eliana's sort of devastated.
03:48And she starts sort of replaying everything in her head over and over again.
03:51Did she misread the vibe?
03:53Was it just a fling?
03:54Was it a fling?
03:55Was it to you?
03:57What was it?
03:58Emily, this is me right now.
04:00Sorry, I'm still there.
04:01There's a scene in Gross Point Blank, I think, where Mimi Driver
04:03is berating John Cusack on the radio.
04:06Yeah.
04:07Publicly.
04:08It's amazing.
04:09It was sort of that inspiration.
04:10We're like, how do we take that to the next level, potentially,
04:13and have fun with it in that context?
04:15And so we started to lean in.
04:17And as we did, it just got more fun and more fun.
04:19But also heartfelt at times.
04:21And that's what's great about this scene.
04:23It's sort of a microcosm of the movie and the tone of the movie.
04:27Did she let her imagination run wild again?
04:30Or did he lie to her?
04:32Is he full of shit?
04:33I see you getting gelled up.
04:36I love this.
04:37I love these.
04:38I love these aliens supporting one another.
04:41You don't see enough of that.
04:42These guys were stuntmen because they were walking on stilts
04:44to give them these very long alien legs.
04:47And there were so many aliens on stilts just loping around,
04:50eating a bit of craft service.
04:52And it was just amazing.
04:53They were on fire, too.
04:54They were brilliant.
04:55Internally.
04:57But let me be clear.
04:58Eventually, Eliana did move on.
05:00All right?
05:03And she started doing Pilates.
05:05Got herself a bang in her revenge body.
05:08And then she started dating other humans.
05:10One after another.
05:12Emily Blunt brings that blunt force.
05:14Guys, it's not true.
05:15She can have chemistry with this keyboard.
05:18You can have chemistry with this pink pen.
05:20Suddenly, you want to buy one.
05:21Hey, how's it going?
05:22What's your name?
05:23You're like, oh, where can I get that?
05:25Oh, my God.
05:27Dave and his wife, Kelly, she produces his movies.
05:30He directs them.
05:31They are married.
05:32There's this beautiful love story at the heart of their story.
05:35So it was just like we were just watching.
05:38Just a mirror.
05:39Just a mirror reflecting.
05:41We learned it from watching you, Dad.
05:43No, do you remember when we were doing the donuts?
05:45We looked over and we saw Mom and Dad sitting there.
05:47And she was sitting on his knee.
05:48And we were like, look at these guys.
05:50We're like, this is the movie.
05:52Oh, it was so cute.
05:53All right, I'm it and play.
05:57And then she started dating other humans.
05:59One after another.
06:01And she had so many mind-blowing, far superior experiences.
06:04You wouldn't even believe it.
06:06Right, girls?
06:07You know what I mean?
06:09Yeah, it was like a sushi train.
06:11It was like a sushi train.
06:12It was like a sushi train.
06:13Your accent even elevates the term sushi train.
06:16It was.
06:17I'm not even sure I understand that.
06:18I don't think I want to know.
06:19Have you never been to a sushi train?
06:21You get one after another.
06:22Really?
06:23And they're mind-blowing.
06:27Lots of wasabi, super spicy.
06:29All right, move on.
06:30You talked about how Greta Gerwig was an inspiration for your role.
06:35Well, I was asked whether I thought Jodie was more Nolan or Greta Gerwig.
06:38And I said, I think she's probably a little more Greta Gerwig.
06:41And then it became a story that I based it on Greta, which is probably not true.
06:44I do wear a pink jumpsuit in it, which was a little ode to Greta Gerwig.
06:48It was like Chris Gerwig.
06:49What's that?
06:50It was like a Chris Gerwig.
06:51I'm like Chris Gerwig.
06:56I'm going to be sick.
06:57And do you know what?
06:58We're going to go again, Cole, because there was a little buzz on that one.
07:01And you know what?
07:02I don't think there was a buzz.
07:03Do you guys know what a buzz is?
07:05Would people understand what a buzz is?
07:06I don't think they would.
07:07We quite liked adding all of this little vernacular into it.
07:09Yeah, there's a lot of stuff that maybe you wouldn't understand, but I think you'd kind of glean from context.
07:15But a buzz is when the focus puller didn't quite lock the focus.
07:19And when you're a stunt performer, that's like the worst thing you want to hear.
07:23Because it's like, I have to do this again?
07:25Yeah, you've done something extraordinary.
07:26You've done something extraordinary and dangerous, and the focus didn't work.
07:29And he's like, oh, I have to get set on fire again.
07:31And obviously she's using it to mess with Colt here.
07:42It's just feeling so withheld.
07:44So how about some dialogue?
07:46Yeah, that's all right, darling.
07:47I'm going to go straight to the source.
07:49Hey, Colt, if Space Cowboy had to say something, if he was forced to say something, what would he say?
07:55As a stunt performer, no director's ever given me context of my character, which is a little bit of a stretch, but it's very, very funny.
08:04Which I think is limiting.
08:05Maybe it could have helped you.
08:06I know.
08:07It might help you hit it wrong better.
08:08Yes, it could have.
08:09It could help me double Jean-Claude better, do the splits better.
08:11I don't know if I knew really what it was.
08:14Did you double Jean-Claude Van Damme?
08:15I did.
08:16Is this the fog?
08:17Is your intent in there?
08:18Oh, yeah.
08:19Because this happened a lot while we were shooting, which was pretty funny, which is that this is where the monitors are.
08:24Basically, David had a mirroring setup.
08:26So what was great about our movie is usually on a movie, you hear people going, hey, guys, you're in the back of the shot.
08:32You're in the back of the shot.
08:34Can you move, please?
08:35And in our movie, it didn't matter if our crew was in the back of the shot.
08:38So my question is, I mean, I know this is one of our actors.
08:42But what about this tent?
08:43Is this your tent, David?
08:44Yes, we were using a lot of our stuff as set deck.
08:47Listen, you might have had a go at that sun hat.
08:50Look how many people have hats on like me.
08:52I know.
08:53Guys, it's kind of a set thing.
08:54They're very popular.
08:55It's a set thing.
08:56It really was a set thing in Australia.
08:58I loved this sun hat.
08:59I love my sun hat.
09:00So much so that I...
09:01It became the pinnacle of that scene.
09:04Again, it's a movie about making movies, and it was meta.
09:08Everyone wants to remake IP.
09:09Obviously, Fall Guy IP.
09:11We're like, what would Jodie's IP be?
09:13So we were looking through the Universal list of titles, and Kelly zeroed in on Metal Storm.
09:18And so we looked it up, and we watched the trailer for Metal Storm.
09:21And I'm like, this is a great, perfect sci-fi.
09:24I remember sending you the poster, and you're like, oh, my God.
09:27You were a little harder to get on board.
09:29Listen, I just like...
09:31Okay, all I'm going to say is here's what happened.
09:34What happened?
09:35I think if you're an English person, if people pitch you too hard on something,
09:38your natural instinct is to recoil and say, I'm not sure about it.
09:41And you guys were so passionate about it.
09:43You came in so hot about Metal Storm.
09:44We really wanted you to love Metal Storm.
09:47Listen, I ended up loving it.
09:49You did.
09:50It's a sci-fi epic love story of cosmic proportions.
09:53Chris Nolan.
09:54I know.
09:55Chris Nolan and you guys are the only people suddenly I was in.
09:59I just need a stamp of approval for everything, really.
10:01How would he justify this year she spent spinning out over this?
10:04What could he say?
10:05It's a puzzler, isn't it?
10:06But have you got any thoughts?
10:07Nigel, can you get him a bullhorn?
10:09I can't hear him.
10:10I think bullhorns would be good in couples therapy.
10:13There was an idea you guys had, though, I think.
10:16Get the bullhorn out.
10:18I don't think it's being used enough.
10:19I remember when we were talking about the script, the bullhorn.
10:22I can't remember.
10:23It might have been Emily's idea.
10:24Like, it's better that they're further apart and they're doing this whole thing through the bullhorn.
10:28That was just an example of how things always got elevated when we started to riff on them more and more on set.
10:34Yes.
10:35Traveling.
10:38Oh, this run.
10:39Best run in the movie.
10:40No, no, let's rewind.
10:41Pause it, pause it.
10:42There's so much to unpack here.
10:43It's the best first AD run, which is just a little bit scared.
10:47He probably hasn't peed in hours.
10:48Pause, pause, pause.
10:49Can we just talk about the backwards glasses?
10:52The character choices Adam made.
10:55He was great.
10:56Adam made such good choices.
10:57He's got his script in the back, leather-bound script in the back.
10:59Leather-bound script.
11:00He's got, like, a mini script, which is so efficient.
11:02God, just amazing.
11:03And he's running fast, but he's a little stiff and a little, like, uncomfortable with this situation.
11:08Knows we're wasting time.
11:09Watch how he handles that track.
11:10Watch.
11:11Oh!
11:12Almost.
11:13Like a gazelle.
11:16Best run.
11:17Best run.
11:18I can't think of a better run.
11:22Come again, Colt.
11:23What was that?
11:24It's already on.
11:25In this movie, do the aliens and the humans ever talk in private?
11:32No, not really.
11:33No private conversations?
11:34No, they don't like doing private.
11:36They like to keep it very public, very open.
11:39I'll tell you what elevated the comedy.
11:41This guy.
11:42This guy just showed up to put on an alien suit.
11:45He was just supposed to sit there and listen, but he was just so...
11:49The way he was listening, and we should watch.
11:51Have you ever been in one of those situations where you want to say something,
11:55and it's so important that you can't mess it up?
11:58Yep.
11:59Absolutely.
12:00He's like, I sure have.
12:01And we're like, whoa.
12:02He was a background artist who was just given it.
12:05And so this was after take two, take three.
12:08I remember Ryan goes, we should hand it to him.
12:11This is a moment right now.
12:13Let's just try it and see what happens.
12:21I had a similar situation when I fell in love with my wife's sister.
12:27It's the Australian accent with the alien voice.
12:29I had a similar situation when I fell in love with my wife's sister.
12:34And it was all we could say for days.
12:36It just steals the scene.
12:38Then we loved it so much that he became a big part of the third act.
12:43Where Emily has this amazing fight scene with him.
12:45We have a fight scene with him.
12:46I mean, not with that extra.
12:48That costume.
12:49This scene sort of crystallizes the tone for the movie.
12:52There's really fun bits of action.
12:54There's irreverent comedy and subversive stuff and gonzo stuff.
12:59But then there's this beating heart in the middle,
13:01and it is really about their relationship.
13:03It's actually one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
13:05I'm glad we got to unpack it a little bit today.
13:07Hopefully it's a moment that everyone can relate to in some way,
13:10even though there's normally not bullhorns involved.