'Fantastic Beasts' Star Eddie Redmayne on Joining the Wizarding World, Working With J.K. Rowling10 of 17
How are you guys shooting the scenes with the beasts? (cont.)
For example, Pickett, a little stick man who's one of my favorite characters, has attachment issues, so he always has to be in my pocket. When [acting out when] he comes up onto my shoulder, I started by having a puppeteer with a finger puppet do it. Then they [used] a long pole with a wire Pickett on the end. Eventually, when we were actually filming, [Pickett was] not physically there, but I had a sense of him and could play with him. Tonight, we're doing a second unit thing with just a baboon in Central Park Zoo, but the baboon's not going to be there. I find it was actually much easier to work with nothing and improvise with yourself. I'm saying this with great confidence. It could be a catastrophe!
For example, Pickett, a little stick man who's one of my favorite characters, has attachment issues, so he always has to be in my pocket. When [acting out when] he comes up onto my shoulder, I started by having a puppeteer with a finger puppet do it. Then they [used] a long pole with a wire Pickett on the end. Eventually, when we were actually filming, [Pickett was] not physically there, but I had a sense of him and could play with him. Tonight, we're doing a second unit thing with just a baboon in Central Park Zoo, but the baboon's not going to be there. I find it was actually much easier to work with nothing and improvise with yourself. I'm saying this with great confidence. It could be a catastrophe!