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crossstitchwitch · 6 years ago

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One of the first places we shot on the pilot of True Blood was Sam Merlotte’s Bar. The kitchen Suzuki Ingerslev built in Merlotte’s had a walk in freezer & working gas burners. It remained my favourite set throughout all 7 seasons - when shooting in Louisiana many months later she took us to the actual bar she had used as inspiration. It was almost as amazing as our Merlotte’s, but not quite - They didn’t have a Lafayette. In the scene that was being shot that day, Lafayette, a male cross-dressing short order cook in the show, was expounding on his theory of men’s fear of the female anatomy.. specifically, the vagina. ‘I know every man whether straight, gay or George MotherFuckin’ Bush is afraid of the pussy..’ I’m not sure I have ever seen, before or since, people crowd around a monitor at video village with their hands clapped to their mouths from shock, sheer laughter and wonder as the actor playing Lafayette jiggled and shook and humped the butchers block to get his point across. it was completely original, funny, sardonic, risqué and brilliant. That was Nelsan Ellis. All of the above. I turned to Alan Ball when the scene was finished and whispered… ‘you can’t kill him!’ (Lafayette’s death at the of the first book is the cliffhanger that leads to Book 2…) Nelsan Ellis was the only actor in the 7 years of True Blood whom Alan allowed to improvise. Actually, I’m going to take that back. It wasn’t that Alan allowed him to do it, it was more that when Nelsan inhabited the world of Lafayette, he quite literally COULDN’T STOP himself. It was like he was possessed. In actuality Nelsan was quiet, smart, thoughtful, warm and kind. A published playwright himself. I think it would be fair to say that he taught all of us that intent and courage and fearlessness and freedom are the aspects of playing make-believe that spark the corners of the room where the dark is most impenetrable; to shine a light on those corners within ourselves is the very reason we go back time and again to Movies, TV shows and Theatre. To see that spark ignited. Nelsan had that electricity in an abundance I have rarely seen. I can’t believe he’s gone. - Stephen Moyer [x]

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crossstitchwitch · 6 years ago

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crossstitchwitch · 7 years ago

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I was just really craving an animal movie tonight and once I began thinking about how many great ones are out there, I decided to make this for you guys to use as a reference! :) Because I love you and because you probably deserve a break. So go make yourself some tea, grab a snack, get cozy and pick one or two or ten.. (whether you in the mood for hilarious or heartbreaking) Enjoy! Snow Dogs Ace Ventura: Pet Detective We Bought a Zoo Air Bud The Big Year Big Miracle Jaws Jurassic Park The Lost World Jurassic Park III Anaconda White Fang Over the Hedge Ice Age Madagascar (II, III) The Lion King (II, IS) Finding Nemo Bambi Beethoven (II, III) Mighty Joe Young Rio (pt two) Snakes on a Plane The Black Stallion The Fox & The Hound Lady and the Tramp Happy Feet All Dogs go to Heaven Brother Bear Spirit Oliver & Company Ratatouille A Bug’s Life Hoot Cats & Dogs Two Brothers Moby Dick Hidalgo Best in Show Homeward Bound (II) Balto (II, III) The Zookeeper Shiloh 101 Dalmatians Kung Fu Panda (II) The Aristocats Dumbo Arachnophobia Black Beauty Marley & Me Flipper Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Born Free Charlotte’s Web Never Cry Wolf Old Yeller Crocodile Hunter Chicken Run Where the Red Fern Grows Hotel for Dogs War Horse Because of Winn-Dixie Eight Below Free Willy Racing Stripes March of the Penguins Jumanji Fly Away Home Babe King Kong Iron Will Lassie Life of Pi Dolphin Tale Duma Gorillas in the Mist Seabiscuit Kangaroo Jack Cujo Doctor Dolittle Wild America Bonuses: Wildlife Documentaries Disney Nature- African Cats Disney Nature- Bears Disney Nature- Chimpanzee Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole Mountains Fresh Water Caves Deserts Ice Worlds Great Plains Jungles Shallow Seas Seasonal Forests Ocean Deep BBC Life- Challenges of Life BBC Life- Reptiles & Amphibians BBC Life- Mammals BBC Life- Insects BBC Life- Creatures of the Deep BBC Life- Hunters and Hunted BBC - Life in Cold Blood BBC - Madagascar BBC- Birds of Paradise Inside Nature’s Giants: The Hippo Kangaroo Polar Bear Racehorse Leatherback Turtle The Giant Squid Rogue Baboon Camel Dinosaur Bird Great White Shark National Geographic: The Lion Whisperer Drain the Ocean Ultimate Shark Emperors of the Ice Lions and Hyenas Ultimate Crocodile Deadliest Animal Battles Big Cats Great Bear Rainforest Mutant Planet: Japan New Zealand Australia Brazil’s Cerrado Africa’s Rift Valley Lakes Madagascar Veterinary Medicine- Bondi Vet Safari Veterinary School NatGeo TV- Built for the Kill NatGeo TV- Monster Fish The Cove Born to be Wild Grizzly Man Wild Appalachia Spain’s Last Lynx Blackfish To the Arctic 3D PBS Nature Full Episodes!

Warning: many of these movies may reopen wounds from your childhood. & If you have no idea where to start I’d be happy to make recommendations :) <3

Feel free to contact me when links are dead!

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crossstitchwitch · 7 years ago

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FAMOUS AUTHORS

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