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Winter 2022 – LOCAL695.ORG 37 MJ (Zendaya) with Spider-Man (Tom Holland) No Way Home This was the first time Willie worked with Director John Watts, whom he liked a lot and found him to be easy to work with. "My team worked hard and did what we needed to do. John wanted playback all the time of different sound effects, so we had to be ready. But he's great, and we really had a great time with him. "One day, John calls me over and says, 'You want to be an actor today? Do you want to play a part?' I said sure, 'Okay, dress Willie up.' So, I went to makeup and wardrobe and a little hair touch up. I played the nosy next-door neighbor. They gave me these grocery bags, you know, just like in New York. I'm coming in, walking down the hallway, and I hear this noise and I'm just trying to see what's going on. The door was half-cracked open, and so I'm peeping in the door and say, 'What's going on in there?' If it's not cut out, I'm the nosy next-door neighbor!" Willie's walk-on became even bigger when the Post Supervisor called him to do some additional lines in ADR. He went to Disney Studios and was very pleased to have ADR legend Doc Kane recording his five additional lines. When Tom Holland, who plays Spider-Man, was in his suit, Willie wired him with a Lectrosonics SSM. The costumers found the perfect place to put the microphone and transmitter. Willie explains, "The Costume Department was so incredible. They were really good. We liked them so much, they assisted us with putting the mics on the costumes. At the end of the show, we gave all of the on-set costumers gift certificates. We really appreciated the work they did. They saved us because they wanted some of the actors to be wired before they come to the set. Some of the other actors would be wired on set, but between both combinations the Costume Department really worked with us, I can't thank them enough." There was quit a lot of green screen and blue screen scenes, especially for Spider-Man flying through the air, as well as a great deal of stunt work and lots of camera cranes. Many of the setups had scenes with the actors running on scaffolding. Willie and crew faced a problem with the decking resonating