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62 • THE ARTISAN WINTER 2021 Andy pretty much stayed the same but did have a couple of fun gags. The blood in the eye is always a fun one to do, and a little nod to old-school Hollywood; 'just add some blood to spruce it up.' I also came up with a fun, quick way to add the arrows that had been shot into his body. I drilled little holes in plastic bendable cutting boards. I sawed off the arrows at different heights so it would give different depth perception entering Andy 's body. I then screwed in a brad hole tee nut at the base, while the screws were inserted in the cut arrows. All I had to do was Pros-Aide, the extremely thin base to Andy. We were able to fi lm him running, while allowing the arrows to move with his body, yet still stand straight from the grip of the screw. To keep fi lming without taking a whole rig off or taking time to clean or disassemble anything, all I had to do was unscrew it. Such a fun, kooky little gag. Again, something so simple yet giving it a big feel. This was such a fun movie to be a part of. It's also super fun to watch, not being biased. We had such a hysterical and amazing cast. In our trailer, Chelsea and I would be in tears and our cheeks would hurt from laughing so hard. I'm so happy that our director Max Barbakow captured all these moments so brilliantly. He was so easy to get along with, but also, we both have childish schoolboy humor. This can be clearly seen with the dick tattoos scene. While waiting for light- ing to set up, Andy, Cristin, and I were sitting in a van keeping warm. I said they should do tattoos because we wouldn't have to keep it to continuity. But with timing and getting tattoos printed, etc., it probably couldn't happen. But I thought, what about a stick and poke—I had one from high school, which I got using a Bic pen & safety pin. "What tattoo should we do?" And the teenage boy that lives in my brain blurted out "Dicks 'n' jizz." and they both looked at me and said "Perfect." We literally jumped out of the van and asked for a camera to just shoot it quick in natural light, while they were still lighting for another scene. We truly did that tattoo scene spontaneously. It holds a special place in my heart because it's just so ridiculous, yet something that a lot of people do. That's what I loved about fi lming Palm Springs, it was a tight schedule, under the gun, pure madness, but so much fun. Really just had to run amuck and go with it all. Becky Sloviter was an amazing producer to have. Most times, producers hover in not the greatest way. I always worry about the creative process being dimmed. Becky though, was right there just keeping us in line, yet making sure that all our kooky screen dreams could come true. There I was drawing penises and I'd look over like "Am I gonna get in trouble?" And she'd be giving me the thumbs up like "Draw another one!" And then having Andy and Cristin be so game for so much. When Palm Springs broke the sales record at Sundance, you got that sense of "Hell yeah! We were a part of that." I've kind of always thrived on fun, fast, madness and well, that's what this movie is. • Photo courtesy of Hulu