for-the-aesthetic

the scene where he gets buried in stones was actually a nightmare for jacob to film. he said that swallowing small rocks was not that big of a deal for him in comparison. the first few times they tried to shoot this scene they actually used white menthol candies, with all the horrible menthol dust getting into his eyes, nose and mouth. only then they switched to the actual rocks, which he said he swallowed a lot of. jacob doesn't tend to complain about his experience on set, but he said a few times how physically exhausting this whole sequence was.

the fact that s2 was so emotionally and physically difficult for him, and then they convinced him to join tvl just to add another grotesque torture scene is making me angry beyond belief. and he mentioned that tvl ep7 scene was also physically challenging because he apparently had to film most of the footage squatting (and it's... a lot of footage). i mean yeah, ofc all actors unfortunately have to deal with some discomfort on set, i just don't get why the writers needed to add another torture scene for louis which wasn't even in the book and was also unpleasant to film.