As Landes candidly recalled after the film’s release, “Everyone on this movie cried.”
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Another key bit of casting was that ofWilson Salazar, who played The Messenger.
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“He was very good at what he did,” said Landes.
He was an amazing destroyer of things."
Bringing this film to the screen drove Francis Ford Coppola and his team to the edge of sanity.
Before shooting, Landes had the 25 children partake ina rigorous daily routineunder Salazar’s guidance.
“It was intense,” the filmmaker acknowledged.
Thinking that the worst was behind them, Landes and company were sorely mistaken as they trudged on.
“Everyone cried on this movie,” Landes revealed.
“You’re working six-day weeks, very high-intensity scenarios.
People were dropping like flies.
Fortunately, however, he recovered quickly and returned to work after 20 hours.
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