Thread by @aliterative

Because #Savage is coming out on @PrimeVideo on the 17th of April, I will celebrate with a thread of some behind the scenes facts:

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There’s a very mild joke about Tom Cruise running around corners that Legals flagged, asking me if I’d like to change the name in case of litigation. I said I’d keep it in because if I’m just mentioning the fact that a man has run around some corners, it’s not quite a joke.

2/ I said I wanted #Savage cut very intimate - not glitzy or glam. I said none of those “from behind the comedian” shots of big lights/audience. But I changed my mind because they chose a very flattering angle and when I get old, I would like to reminisce about my younger butt

3/ I cut most of the songs out of the final edit because I was so nervous my hands were shaking and my voice was squeaky and I forgot words despite having done them literally hundreds of times before, but...

4/ ... Also I figured I needed the songs less in a screen version than live in the room where the tension is more intense and needs breaking. I still don’t know how much of this is post hoc rationalisation. There’s also a third reason but I’ll talk about that another time.

I let them do makeup but insisted on doing my own hair, which involves rinsing it, finger-combing some product through, letting it dry in a tshirt overnight, sticking a couple of pins in & calling it a day. I regret not letting them try it, (but once it’s fucked, it IS fucked)

More later or tomorrow. I’ll add to this thread through the week until the release of #Savage on Amazon Prime on 17 April. X