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Filming locations; alternate opening; practical effects; casting chemistry.
The house, music store, crystal shop, pub, pizzeria, long takes, reshoots, vomit rig, Sarah dummies, and audition are retained.
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- Bear’s house in Burbank and Castle’s Music, the Green Man Crystal Shop, Barker’s Pub, and Little Tony’s are identified as filming locations.
- Barker learning the limits of long takes during production is reported.
- An alternate opening with Bear watching a romantic comedy beside his dead cat is reported.
- A vomit-tube effect nearly made the actor vomit for real is reported.
- Two Sarah dummies and a facial cast were used for the car death.
- The leads’ lack of chemistry in an audition reportedly helped secure Michael Johnston’s role.