Chelsea Parker, one of our set photographers and our asst. costume designer/makeup guru, took these great videos of the gator threatening our various important crew members.
(They can’t be eaten yet! We still have a film to finish!)
Check out this video, shot by Misti Guertin, for some live gatoriffic action:
Yeah, she’s real.Day: 23
Location: The hills of Jensen Beach, FL
Phrase of the day: “Whoa! Is he, like, a trained alligator?”
Today we abandoned working with children and chose a different, equally challenging path – working with animals. Tim Williams, Gatorland handler extraordinaire, came down with the lovely lady you see above and two trainers to get us (in my opinion) one of the best shots of the film.
See, about eight months ago, Brian and I were sitting in a restaurant, talking about how Natalie and Nicholas would meet. And, for whatever reason, Brian thought it would be hilarious if they bonded over escaping from an alligator. A twelve foot alligator.
Well, eight months later, after about 80 pages of paperwork with SAG and Gatorland and American Humane, Brian got his alligator – he even got to pose with it at the end of the shoot.
His producer concedes that yes, it was pretty fantastic.
