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Just let them dance.
We want to see them dance!
That particular sequence brought people so much joy.
Its sweet, itsfun, and its still very creepy, because I look creepy doing it.
The process took weeks.
Helen Leighs script left a lot of room to play, Erickson says, and everyones creativity took hold.
The gaffer thought it looked cool, so he was like,Ill just show her, Gagne says.
And I was like,Thats the most amazing!Were keeping it!
(The actors only self-imposed rule for Milchick: Its in the Lumon handbook, no twerking.)
And I think that was the end of that day, Tillman says.
But on the second day, with the cast and crew hyped, were just having a ball.
The morning was devoted to the dance number, which Tillman estimates took about 10 takes.
The dance part, we went Steadicam, which for me was music-video vibes, Gagne says.
But by the time Milchick ends up behind not-dancing Dylans desk, the vibe has started to shift.
The saxophone in Shakey Jake wails and screams.
The afternoon of that second filming day was devoted to Dylans burst of unexpected but understandable violence toward Milchick.
Dylans attack was an act of betrayal from Milchicks perspective, the actor says.
Man, Im coming in here, trying to bring joy.
Were going to have a good time.
Im going to help you forget about what happened the night before.
And you come up and take a chunk out of my arm?
Like, what are you doing?
Watching them, I thought,Oh, they just became a team.
