We Stay in Time star Andrew Garfield unpacked the chaotic beginning sequence from his nonlinear romantic dramedy, which featured a weeks-old child who pooped on his hand and an motion movie-feel the place his self-described scene associate was colleague Florence Pugh‘s butt.
In a brand new interview with The New York Instances that zeroes in on the making of one of many A24 movie’s most frenzied scenes, Garfield defined that the taking pictures course of felt high-stakes.
“It’s the large motion occasion,” the Academy Award-nominated actor mentioned. “It’s the Indiana Jones sequence.”
Within the movie — which traces the years-long romance between Garfield’s earnest salesman Tobias and Pugh’s witty chef Almut amid sickness, profession and life milestones — standstill site visitors, unfortunate timing and a scarcity of higher choices forces a labor to happen in a fuel station lavatory. To correctly depict the scene, impressed by screenwriter Nick Payne’s worrying of his spouse’s birthing expertise, director John Crowley recreated a petroleum station’s lavatory on a soundstage, the place filming lasted for 2 days and was shot fully via eight instances.
Although a doll was used for blocking, a weeks-old child was introduced in for the ending second following the profitable beginning, which additionally featured two comical employees caught up within the combine (performed by scene-stealers Nikhil Parmar and Kerry Godliman).
Of the child’s pure bodily features, Garfield didn’t thoughts, saying, “Actually, these moments have been probably the most stunning since you’re identical to, ‘Oh God, that is life, what a privilege.’”
Whereas The Social Community actor mentioned he didn’t need to really feel too knowledgeable going into the scene, given Tobias’ sense of overwhelm within the second, he was cautious and deliberate concerning the general intimacy of the scene, which he and Pugh processed collectively afterward.
“I used to be largely performing with Florence’s bum,” Garfield mentioned. “So I actually needed to ensure that she felt protected and felt tended to and cared for.”
