Just a friendly reminder that while I’m not seeking out spoilers from Episode 9 filming, if I do happen to reblog something that mentions or are spoilers, I will tag it as “Episode 9 spoilers” – with the new native tumblr tag blocking, I encourage you to add that to your list so you won’t see any of my posts with it.
I don’t expect there to be many, but just in case! I don’t want anyone being caught unaware. I’m trying to go in fairly blind anyway.
This was your first episode. How was the process for pitching the sketch, and going through all the steps of production, for the first time? Yeah, that was insane. Everyone’s been great. Around 10 p.m. [on Tuesday, writing night], I sent it over to one of the head writers. They gave me some good notes – like [Melissa Villaseñor] is maybe more into it. Then the next day is the table read. By the way, before every step of this process I’m thinking, This sucks, I’m a fraud, and they’re gonna find me out. I hate everything about this; it’s not funny. Luckily I came in with two other writers from Chicago, Alison Gates and Alan Linic. They both read it and said it was good. I said, “You’re lying; it’s terrible.” But then it went to table read. And right before table read, you can go around and give the cast a note or two. I had to go into Adam Driver’s dressing room and give him a quick talk. But when I went in there, he’d already read it and already had an idea of what he was going to do. It’s 150 percent Adam Driver doing it and being extremely good at acting. I lucked out so hard with him.
Did you get to choose the cane and the bird? Did they hold up an owl and a crow, and after much deliberation you chose the crow? Yes. In the initial production meeting, they wanted to know what kind of props we’d need, and I said we’d need a cane and a bird. They asked what kind of bird I want, and I said, “Um… seagull?” It was cool — they asked me what I wanted the high school to be named, and I went with my high school: Sierra High School. So they put on the sign out front “Sierra High School,” my actual high school in Tollhouse, California. And the class was Ms. Linder’s class, my favorite teacher from high
school. That was cool when some friends from high school caught that. At rehearsal they showed me some cane options, and I picked what I thought was a good cane. They were working on the bird, so they had a stand-in bird at the initial rehearsal. Adam really didn’t want to crush it all that much for that first go. At dress, they showed me this seagull that was full of beans. We used that at the dress rehearsal, and I loved it.
Read the full interview with Eli Coyote Mandel here.
all of these stars will guide us home – a reylo playlist (x)
1. dusk till dawn – zayn ft. sia: i wanna see the sunrise and your sins // just me and you
2. fools – troye sivan: and my hopes, they are high // i must keep them small // though i try to resist i still want it all
3. never be like you – flume ft. kai: what i would do to take away this fear of being loved // allegiance to the pain // now i’m fucked up and i’m missing you
4. wrecking ball – miley cyrus: don’t you ever say i just walked away // i will always want you
5. bloodsport – raleigh ritchie: and though you hate me, when you have a turn // i drive you crazy but you always return
6. poison & wine – the civil wars: i don’t love you but i always will
7. rewrite the stars – zac efron & zendaya: what if we rewrite the stars? // say you were made to me mine // nothing could keep us apart // you’d be the one i was meant to find
8. stay – rihanna ft. mikky ekko: not really sure how to feel about it // something in the way you move // makes me feel like i can’t live without you
9. in my veins – andrew belle: oh, you’re in my veins // and i cannot get you out // oh, you’re all i taste // at night inside of my mouth
10. red – tyler ward: touching her was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you // regretting her was like wishing you’d never found out that love could be that strong
11. bloodstream – stateless: i think i might have inhaled you // i can feel you behind my eyes // you’ve gotten into my bloodstream
12. all of the stars – ed sheeran: and i know these scars will bleed // but both of our hearts believe // all of these stars will guide us home
Am I looking at joining a local writing meet up where we all write in silence just so I can consistently write and finish my various fics?
Reylo Source 