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I would rather be surprised by an
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offering from an actor than control
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every last aspect of their performance.
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And I've used the a scene as an example.
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There's a scene in the sixth episode in
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the cottage after the boys have been
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caught by Shane's dad where Hudson and
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Connor have a scene together and they
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essentially he decides that he's going
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to go talk to his parents. Ilia's going
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to come with him. And when we were
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shooting it, I thought I I wasn't
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convinced that I was going to use what
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Hudson was doing in that scene. I
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thought it might be too much. He was
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reacting. He had a big reaction which is
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interesting for Hudson cuz he's a very
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internal actor especially when he's
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playing Shane and I didn't say anything
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and I just kind of watched it and I was
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like this is interesting. I think I can
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cut around this. I think I can figure
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out how to get what I want out of this
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scene. And then when I got to the
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editing room and my editor put the scene
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together, she loved what he had done.
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And I looked at it again with new eyes
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and I was like, "Oh, I actually love
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this too." And I'm so glad I didn't
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insist on some idea that I had in my
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head cuz what he brought to the table
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was more interesting and it was
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surprising and it was full of life and
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it wasn't part of some insane jigsaw
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plan that I had in my head that needs to
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fit together or everything falls apart.
