“Adolescence:” Ashley Walters Comes Clean About The Blunder That Ruined A Perfect Take
“In episode two, I chase a kid at the end, and I used his name when calling my son, instead of my son’s character’s name right at the end,” he admitted.
“And Philip Barantini, the director, he came up to me after, because I was in bits, bro. You know when, like, you’ve dropped the ball? It’s like you’re dropping a ball for everyone, do you know what I mean?
“It’s like a football team, bro. You’re playing together. And I was in bits, bro. Nearly in tears. Because it was such a good take, and he tried to make me feel better by like, ‘No, but maybe, you know, the character is so discombobulated…’ I was like, ‘Phil, let’s just go again. Let’s go again’.”
Since the show began streaming last week, Netflix has already lifted the lid on how the crew pulled off that incredible one-shot technique, and revealed what happened when things went awry.
Cinematographer Matthew Lewis has also shared some more of the blunders that led to takes being abandoned.
