EAT MY BRAINS! - Exclusive Interview with Dylan Bank -... -
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Published on: 3/6/2009
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Nightmare even began unexpectedly for me at a cocktail party, just as it does for Jason Scott Campbell, who plays the young director who is the film's protagonist.
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One day we were filming a scene of Jason scaling the side of a building in Brooklyn.
The City, however, wasn't giving out permits to shoot in that area, especially for a low-budget film with an actor dangling from a window ledge.
We used most of the crew to stand around the camera, facing away, to obscure the equipment.
When the cops would drive by, which was more frequently than you'd think, Jason would quickly press his body against the building to hide, as if it were possible to look casual climbing up a building in broad daylight.
To make things worse, we didn't have anywhere to plug in our gear, so our gaffer, Nicolo, jimmy-rigged a street lamp to steal the power we needed.
At the end of the day, our Italian cinematographer admitted to us that she was worried we were going to get her deported.
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Jason was so committed to the role that he asked the producers if he could actually sleep in his character's bed and live on set at the sound stage we were using.
The guy who owned the place thought in was bizarre, at first, but he lived there too and I think that maybe he wanted company.
So I'd get to the set at 6:30 AM and Jason would be there in his room, already in character, rearing to go.
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Nightmare is currently nominated for a festival-leading four awards at the upcoming Shockerfest, including Best Horror Feature, Best Score (Kangol and Charlie Walker), Best Actor (Jason Scott Campbell) and Best Actress (Nicole Roderick) - see 2005.shockerfest.com/?page=nominations for more details.
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