fake leg, fake head, and fake cocaine

Chronologically and shooting schedule- day 2.

Reggie wakes up on the floor. His nose is bleeding and there's still a line of coke on the mirror next to his sleeping brother. It's a little cold so Reggie keeps his blanket on like a cape. He drops to his knees and snorts the coke off the table. He's cold and the stove is empty, he wants a fire going. Reggie steps outside to the woodpile. The stiff breeze and the obvious hangover would threaten to turn back a weaker man, but not Reggie! Besides, his brother is sleeping on the couch. It's the nice thing to do since he took MAMA's death so hard. Reggie will do the nice things MAMA would do for them when they were kids. Reggie might even gut the fish Louis caught. Pile up as many piece of wood you can carry for your bro.... AGGGGGGHH! Reggie stepped on an upturned nail! It went RIGHT THROUGH HIS FOOT AND BOOT!

Visually, without a word, this is Reggie's most beautiful scene, Jeff Wheaton did an amazing job! I love how the breeze picked up as the right time, and clutching the blanket made Reggie look like he was struggling to keep warm. The nail "removing" was funny to shoot. Pierre and I developed synchronized grunting, which got a big pop from the crew. When it was finally removed, Louis drags me inside. Then all Hell breaks loose from that point on!

I won't reveal too much, but I've never had so many prosthetic parts made for me. I love monster movies with heavy make-up/special effects and Blood Shed had a few gore make-up and head casting sessions. My signature butt chin and prominent brow were cast in plaster of Paris for our most unique kill scene.

Then there's the party scene. Whatever that powder was (vitamin B) it was very dry and if you coughed during the scene, a cloud of white smoke would shoot out, and it happened to be the scene with the most dialogue! I think I did 12 lines in 4 takes of the stuff. Make-up around the eyes made my eyes bug out, I look completely stoned but really the vitamin stuff was coating my lungs... I felt like I just drank an energy drink, without the bloated stomach feeling. It wore off in like 15 minutes, so I knew I wasn't snorting real cocaine.

To this day I have a few physical props of Blood Shed. I have one of Reggie's bloodstained tie-dyes and a wedding band I picked out of a ring box. It is written inside "forever 1967" I was born in 1971! I wear it on occasions I need to be married on film on in theater. The poor tie-dye is stiff from the fake blood and I don't dare to wash it. It's fine the way it is, hanging in my closet with my black overcoat and pimp fur coat. As an actor in NB, I often get asked: "well what do you have for your character's wardrobe?" Maybe in a video montage with: "I know what I like in your wardrobe" by Genesis in the background I'll show you. I surprise myself too. Why do I have a light green women's top?

bad ass door kicking and trailer fishing

I don't know if I have the shooting schedule still but I remember what was shot in the daytime and what was shot at night. To spare Reggie tie dyes, we shot the scenes when Reggie was unhurt first. Friday morning wasn't so bad. it was like a camping trip. When you get up and feel the nice fresh air, blowing from the nearby river, you can't help feel energized even if you drank your face off last night. The fishing scene was one of the early takes. I love to eat fish, but I seldom go fishing, if at all. I've gutted fish someone else caught, but never actually casted a line. In BLOOD SHED, I'm actually trying to put a worm on the hook as Pierre is casting and saying his lines. Like a year later, Pierre brought me back to the same waterhole and I ACTUALLY CAUGHT A FISH! I ate the bloody catch, he was mine and I fried him up with butter and a cold Keith's.
You can also see this scene in the trailer
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=60818351604&oid=5430965833#/video/video.php?v=60814411604&oid=5430965833

I think a few dialogue heavy scenes where shot, where we saw MAMA in a photograph. Jennifer Mawhinney was real mama, posing with her three sons. Pierre's son Alexandre was young Reggie. I call him my "mini-Reggie" and he loves visiting me when his dad picks him up from pre-school. I have cool toys. However my favorite scene of the day started with Reggie at the typewriter. He hears a car coming in, looks through the blinds, grabs a rifle, kicks the screen door charging out to blow the F_cker away! The underwear was nixed, much to the delight of the crew. I was slightly over 190lbs then. Today? maybe balls out, bottomless. OK that's Dennis, Reggie isn't a pervert. But you gotta wonder what he does all alone in a camp near the lake. Oh yeah Pete calls strippers for him... case closed.

Kicking out the screen door was a treat. Every John Wayne or bad-ass character never touches the door handle; no, you have to kick it open! I had to laugh when I saw John Leguizamo in Land of the Dead; an actor about my height kicking in doors! It's so effective to illustrate he's a bad ass, despite being vertically challenged. Plus I had firepower. The gun wasn't loaded, but I felt very powerful. I oozed maschismo. This was way better with pants on, I don't think Reggie could have been as manly with his balls hanging out.

SPOILER ALERT: This was meant to be the opening scene. BLOOD SHED starts off with a little backstory about Louis serving time in prison, MAMA died during this time, and Louis went on a little mental kiling spree. Reggie was suppose to die. BUT in the final edit, this scene was brought to the end. Did Reggie imagine all this? Was Reggie having a premotion and was going to kill Louis before it happened? WHO KNOWS? it leaves it open for the audience's interpretation. I love it! Reggie is now an Anti-hero! As the actor who played Reggie, I'm totally pulling for Reggie to save the day!