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Post by Karl Aksel on Nov 14, 2020 21:16:43 GMT
So I'm re-watching Boardwalk Empire with the missus, and she asks me if I think they're drinking real alcohol on set. It certainly looks convincing enough, but surely it must be something like ice tea, perhaps with artificial colouring? There'd be a lot of boozing otherwise.
But then I got to thinking... How much alcohol is actually consumed? So we decided to do a count in an episode. There were lots of drinks throughout the episode, but only one confirmed sip. Most of the time we would see the characters raise their glass towards their lips, but the camera would cut just short. So why would they do this little bit of sneaky trickery if it were just ice tea?
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Post by ck100 on Nov 14, 2020 21:28:16 GMT
They wouldn't have real alcohol if there is the potential for a scene to have multiple takes. I'm sure artificial stuff is used.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 14, 2020 21:35:24 GMT
I've been an extra in dozens of things and the alcohol is almost always juice or 7-Up or something, and we're told not to drink the stuff because it's been sitting for awhile and handled by a lot of people. They probably treat the drinks with better care for the leads, but usually actors don't eat or drink on camera because of multiple takes. If they're seen consuming something, they could potentially have to do it another 20 times.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 14, 2020 22:14:20 GMT
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Nov 14, 2020 23:55:58 GMT
They never have real alcohol in movies or tv shows.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Nov 15, 2020 2:54:27 GMT
I am rather curious about actors getting drunk on set. I'm pretty sure Lawrence Tierney has done that more than a few time.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 15, 2020 2:55:33 GMT
I am rather curious about actors getting drunk on set. I'm pretty sure Lawrence Tierney has done that more than a few time. Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now.
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Post by petrolino on Nov 15, 2020 2:58:25 GMT
I am rather curious about actors getting drunk on set. I'm pretty sure Lawrence Tierney has done that more than a few time. Martin Sheen - Apocalypse Now. Everybody got loaded in the 1960s and 1970s. Filmmakers shot without permits, crew made love and there wasn't the same rigorous health & safety standards applied back then.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Nov 15, 2020 11:26:56 GMT
They never have real alcohol in movies or tv shows. He said wistfully 
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Post by Karl Aksel on Nov 15, 2020 11:28:45 GMT
I've been an extra in dozens of things and the alcohol is almost always juice or 7-Up or something, and we're told not to drink the stuff because it's been sitting for awhile and handled by a lot of people. They probably treat the drinks with better care for the leads, but usually actors don't eat or drink on camera because of multiple takes. If they're seen consuming something, they could potentially have to do it another 20 times. That's what I figured, because you rarely see actual eating or drinking of any kind.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Nov 15, 2020 11:30:37 GMT
I am rather curious about actors getting drunk on set. I'm pretty sure Lawrence Tierney has done that more than a few time. Orson Welles usually had to have some liquid courage before going on. Speaking of:
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Post by ck100 on Nov 15, 2020 13:03:53 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Nov 15, 2020 14:50:09 GMT
They wouldn't have real alcohol if there is the potential for a scene to have multiple takes. I'm sure artificial stuff is used. Too bad, it'd been more interesting.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 15, 2020 17:26:54 GMT
They wouldn't have real alcohol if there is the potential for a scene to have multiple takes. I'm sure artificial stuff is used. Too bad, it'd been more interesting. Of course, when you had players like John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Lon Chaney Jr, Joan Crawford or any number of others, all bets were off between takes.
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