I hope you enjoyed A Ghost Along the Mississippi, written by Declan DeBarra and directed by Michael Grossman.
This episode will forever be known to the crew for what didnt make it in to the final cut.
You cannot go one second over except in extremely rare circumstances.
Credit: Annette Brown/The CW
OnThe Originals, we have a tendency to start with reaaaalllly long episodes.
More than once, weve received early cuts coming in at 18-22 minutes over.
Then we cut it down to 42 pages.
Now, in season 3, our average scripts are 39 pages long.
I like to think of it as our special signature.
In this episode, writer Declan has two funny stories about things that never made the final.
It was done with a blood pump attached to the rubber blade.
This never works, the pump always gets clogged and we end up doing it in FX.
Then it got cut in the edit.
Such is the way of TV.
Oliver showed true Aussie grit and said the show must go on.
We sprayed him with ice cold water over and over as he acted his heart out.
And then we cut the scene.
We owe you a beer.
Another set tidbit from Declan:
Our last day was the big car flip stunt.
We were just about to call it a bust when the sun broke through for a 30-minute window.
We packed the explosive in the car and rolled.
(Would the car roll twice like we expected or just end up on its side?)
The car came around the corner at speed and BANG!
It flew through the air and rolled seven times.
Another three horsemen of the apocalypse appeared just to check it out because the sound was unholy.
Everyone held their breath.
A thumbs-up from the stunt driver and we all cheered and hugged.
I felt like an eagle should be landing on his shoulder delivering him a beer.
Stunt people are completely insane.
Thankfully, that made it into the episode.
