Scripted Scene Turned Real

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Time often develops close relationships, especially when people have been working in the same project several times a week for many months. Although that is the expectation, reality says a different one.

Behind the scenes of a network series is an open secret that Actress 1 (A1) and Actress 2 (A2) are on each other’s nerves. As A1 and A2 play important roles, showing off acting skills is not new and both give their best when they appear together. However, when one is highly motivated to get back at the other, the takes can be bloody.

When A1 found out that A2 was spreading a rumor on her poor acting skills and speculations of an influential benefactor, she had to get her revenge in her own way. The opportunity came during a crucial scene for their project. A1 came prepared and A2 had no idea of what was about to come.

The scene called for a fight scene and in such scenes involving females, slapping is the most common means. A1 even decided to wear a ring. Prior to the actual take, the two were instructed to rehearse the scene with controlled gestures. When A1 was instructed to slap A2, she allegedly hit the latter hard. One practice was not enough and they continued to rehearse. A2 started feeling that her cheeks were getting swollen. Subsequently, she complained to the head of production.

The head called the attention of A1 and A1 reasoned that she only wanted to ensure their scene would be realistic. She only had the audience in mind, whom she wanted to convince of the veracity of her character. A2, however, was not amused. Thus, when A2 was up for her slapping scene, she did hers harder and pulled A1’s hair with might, trying to channel a woman fighting over territory.

As A1 and A2 seem to be acting, what the production team did not know was that the two were no longer acting. The tension was too much, but that worked wonders for their project. However, after the draining scene, A1 and A2 stopped talking to each other.  

‘The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen.’ – James Dean

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