Daisy (2006)
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Ahhh Daisy. What to say?
Actually there's alot to blab about the making of, in case you were wondering.
The primary idea was simple - the survival of two people, one a pregnant woman.
They've got no money, not much food, and both aren't very educated. Now what?
When we were casting the film, the story originally was about a man and a
woman. So we had alot of male actors come in to read for the part, none of
which really had what I was looking for. Malcolm (producer) had suggested
maybe altering the story to make it about two women. I told him he was crazy.
Then the idea started to grow in my mind after the second audition for the
male lead opposite role, which I wasn't happy with at all. So I ended up altering
the script to make it about two women and proceeded to bring in female actresses
to read for the part. Voila! The film was now a lesbian surival story.
Filming in Prescott, AZ
was hot, as it took place primarily in July. I've never been sunburned on
my legs so bad to where I was pulling off dead skin in sheets. But it went
well despite the heat draining the life out of everyone. We were also afraid
of a monsoon rain wrecking havok on the filming, but the only rain I can recall
was a downpour in the middle of the night when everyone was asleep. I arose
to hear rain pouring for a brief period of like fifteen minutes, then I went
back to sleep. The location was interesting as well - being that half of the
trek out to it was an off-roading adventure through mountains and mostly dirt
roads. I'm sure the cast/crew was thinking upon arrival that we should be
shooting the next "Texas Chainsaw" installment.
But alas finishing shooting on that gloriously hot Sunday afternoon, I could only think about the long drive back to Phoenix. Groan. Another one in the can.
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