The Crow by Bridget Baiss

Author:Bridget Baiss [Baiss, Bridget]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781781161845
Publisher: Titan
Published: 2011-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

A FINE LINE

Tuesday 30 March 1993 should have been just another long, intense night in the production schedule of the movie The Crow. According to Greg Gale, at this point the shoot had proceeded roughly according to plan: “We were probably somewhere in the vicinity of about eight days over.”

As usual, Brandon Lee, like many of the cast and crew, woke up in the late afternoon. He had been lucky enough to have a relatively normal amount of sleep, as much as seven or eight hours. After he had eaten some breakfast and looked over his work for the evening, he went to the local gym, Wilmington Fitness Today, and worked out. One of the gym staff recalled that he was chatting enthusiastically about his wedding in three weeks time and about the fact that he only had another few days of shooting left.

The cast and crew of the main unit of the film gradually assembled a little before 8pm on sound stage 4 to begin day fifty of principal photography. The feeling among the crew, as they rushed around getting the set ready, was somewhat different from Brandon’s upbeat attitude. Many of them felt under pressure to complete the last few days of shooting. Also, a number of scenes were planned for what promised to be a long night.

From his trailer, Brandon called his mother in Idaho. He often called her before the night’s filming began. That evening, he shared with her his excitement about his upcoming wedding. He also told her that he was glad because it was the last night that guns would be used on the set. Signing off, he said, “Bye Momzo. I love you.”

In the make-up trailer, Lance Anderson did Brandon’s make-up as usual. But there was no white face or continuity to worry about, just a light base was added to Brandon’s natural complexion. This was because for this scene, he was to be Eric Draven, the living, healthy young man. Brandon’s hair that night was also different from most of the previous filming. It wasn’t the usual wet-down, unruly style he wore as the Crow, but was neatly combed. This made Michelle Johnson’s work on Brandon’s hair quite different that night. Looking back, she found that of significance, too. “It was the first time I didn’t put his extensions on,” she says. “That was something that was really odd, because his hair finally grew to the right length. And he didn’t need them any more.” When Sofia Shinas saw him later that night, she thought that Brandon came onto the set looking refreshed and surprisingly rested.

The major scene scheduled to be filmed that night by the main unit was the main flashback, in which Eric Draven is murdered and his fiancée, Shelly Webster, is raped and killed by Top Dollar’s thugs. It’s a crucial scene in the movie. Indeed, it is the pivotal event of the whole story.

The second unit, directed by Andrew Mason, and with Ken Arlidge on camera, was also

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