LMGI COMPASS
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synchronized the speed of the SUV (80 mph), the pressure in the
cannon (900psi) and the sand density.
If you've seen the film or the trailer, you know they got it. 8.5
rolls, to be exact. The new world record!
Gosling, who became close with his various doubles over the
course of the shoot, calls it the tensest day he's ever had on a set.
"Knowing that Logan was trying to break the record, it was this
weird combo of, like, counting the rolls and wanting those for him,
but then also worrying about what every roll was doing to him,"
he says.
In a very meta moment in the film, the person who straps Gosling
into the car before the roll and congratulates him after is Holladay.
"It was an incredible thing that it actually got done," says Roope.
"Everyone was so amazed that it actually worked!"
"That's also a testament to how good Phillip and his team were,"
says Barry. "We did that first roll on a Tuesday and, when it didn't
work, they enabled us to orchestrate the entire stunt again a day
or two later."
For the film's climactic third act, the company stayed at All Sands,
using it as a kind of base or "playground" as Barry puts it. There they
