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While You Were Sleeping

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Coma Guy working title; gender-flipped premise; original New York setting; train-track electricity precautions; improvised Oreo moment; Gallagher's real head injury

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  • The hosts report the working title was Coma Guy.
  • The hosts report the premise was originally a man in love with a woman in a coma, flipped as too lecherous and creepy; the hosts think the movie could not be made now at all because of Google.
  • The hosts report the film was originally set in New York with Joe Jr. an over-the-top Brooklyn Italian, which a host calls a stereotype.
  • The hosts report that, shooting on location in Chicago, the crew turned off the track electricity and, worried about conduction in the platform rescue, filmed the train in reverse.
  • The hosts report Bullock is allergic to cats despite Lucy's cat, and say dunking her Oreo in the cat's milk was her improvised idea, echoing Two Weeks Notice.
  • The hosts say Peter Gallagher really hit his head filming the train scene, recounted in both the Washington Post and Vulture pieces.