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22 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Spring 2026 everybody's name on the crew. I felt that he really cared about us, he tends to bring the same people onto his movies, everybody goes way back with him. It's a family feeling on the set. It was really nice. RL: And the many locations? RS: I enjoyed us being a traveling 'circus,' but it was tough. The weather challenged us in a lot of the places like Eureka. It rained pretty much every day we were shooting there, so it was very wet and very muddy. But I prefer that to the desert. When we went out to Borrego Springs in May, it was already one hundred and fifteen degrees, very dusty and windy. I managed to scratch both of my corneas the first time we were in the desert, after that I resolved to always wear goggles. RL: Jose complimented you on your wiring of the cast, what's your technique? RS: I approach every costume individually, and having several years of experience, I can predict what's going to work best. I usually try to have at least three options. If the first one doesn't work, I have something else in my head where I place the lav. These costumes were fairly straightforward, but with all the action and movement, it did interfere with my ideal wire placement. Leo often had a crossbody bag. I couldn't place it where I would normally put it, so I had to go to the collar and make sure it was on the side where the strap wasn't going to be. I worked closely with the property and costume departments. The cast would show up one hundred percent ready and immediately start talking to Paul working things out, as they didn't stick to the script that much. I'd hang back waiting with Key Set Costumer Corey Bronson, who was amazing. We worked well together, and he was very cooperative. He would cut holes or whatever I needed, and be there for moral support too. You just get it all done at once, I always like that. RL: What was it like working with Boom Operator Dave Roberts? RS: Dave is amazing, I've never seen a Boom Operator who's more in tune with what's going on, which was extremely important because of the free-form style. We followed Paul around and he would decide what he was going to do next. Dave was always on top of it. We never had to worry about missing anything because he knew exactly what was going on, what was going to happen next, and even what was going to happen after L-R: Teyana Taylor as Perfidia and Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw