A Hot Lead: Bloopers, Extras, BTS is a ten part series of Behind-the-Scenes videos based on the making of A Hot Lead, uploaded to PWN 2 from August to December in 2017. There are, in total, ten videos making up ninety-five minutes of bloopers and extras for the film. All ten were edited by Nick Geoghegan.
The following is every episode of BTS in order of release.
BTS #1 - The Bar Scene and Driving[edit | edit source]
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August 30, 2017
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5m 22s
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This episode covers the first two days of filming, April 14 and May 3. Scenes shot include the bar scene and all of Joey's driving scenes, as well as the Dame from Daytona Beach scenes with Tom Cluz and Walter Louis. The Daytona Beach scenes and the Bar were filmed at Ari Froehlich's house, with Joey sitting at the PWN table. The driving scenes were shot in Joey's car, near his home.
The first two scenes shot have a clear nervousness, a sort of holding back, that is not present in later episodes of BTS. Kiersten Muse is present for all scenes shot those days, despite appearing in only one scene. This episode most closely resembles traditional behind-the-scenes videos, with an interview and insight into the film process. There are more "BTS" moments than there are bloopers.
There is footage from the scene where Agent Johnson leaves Louis a note, revealing that Ari's hand can be seen throwing the airplane in the complete film.
BTS #2 - Johnny B. Oy' House[edit | edit source]
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September 6, 2017
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8m 12s
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This episode covers day three of filming: the scene where Cluz and Devin Carter break into the home of Johnny B. Oy, on May 13. This was Wesley's first day of shooting. The scene was shot at Mikey's home. Mikey was present for filming, but did not appear in the video. Kyle Smith and Chris Smith are also recording their first scenes.
This episode focuses primarily on bloopers in place of general Behind the Scenes footage, though a breif recording of Ari and Wes doing a readthrough is shown. This episode is referenced in A Very Hot Lead: PWN #13, when Wesley point out that, as it was his first day of shooting, his and Ari's characters in that scene were inconsistent with the characters in later scenes.
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September 13, 2017
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11m 42s
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This episode covers the fourth day of shooting: the first day recording at the Detective's Guild, on May 23. It was the first day of recording for Blake Weise and Lucan Stargiotti. Among those scenes shot are the opening shot of the film, Devin Carter's introduction to Tom Cluz, and the first office scene shared by Cluz and Carter.
Evident in this video especially is the begining of the formation of character. Actors begin to redo scenes just to perfect a performance, particularly Wes and Blake. Additionally, the first scenes of "chaotic improv" between Wes and Ari are seen, with the infamous "Toucan play at that game" line.
This was the first usage of classical music in the blooper series, which Nick would use to accentuate the tone of the video.
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September 20, 2017
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13m 51s
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This episode focuses on the longest shoot day, day number five. The shootout scene, as well as all other scenes shot at "The Lipstick Factory", were shot that day: May 25.
The largest day in terms of cast and crew size, this was the first day of shooting for Mira Wallace, as well as the only day on set for Payton and Tamara. Additionally, Leyla Rakshani was present to help with production. Because two actresses could not be present, Chris donned a wig to reprise his cross-dressing role from The Hostage.
The day is notably chaotic, and the episode is Nick's favorite. The five minute portion of the video where Cluz' death is recorded is among Nick's best memories of the film, and Wes would later say that "that episode gave me a new respect dor that scene. I'm amazed you managed to get anything good now that I've seen all that happened".
A hydraulic pump is used to spray blood twice: once on Kiersten and once on Leyla, though Leyla's scene was cut from the film.
BTS #5 - The Office (Round Two)[edit | edit source]
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September 27, 2017
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12m 30s
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This episode covers the sixth day of filming, May 26. Among the scenes filmed are Devin Carter and Tom Cluz sharing their first argument, Walter Louis at his office, and a majority of scenes for the montage. The day is significantly more relaxed than the first time filming at the office. Improv continues but is less extreme, Lucan plays the Godfather theme on a keyboard.
A good portion of the video is showing how certain shots for the montage were taken, and playing them with the accompanying dialogue, all of which was improvised and almost none of which was heard in the film. There is also additional shots for the montage which were not used, including Henderson dumping a bowl of mints on Walter Louis, and some shots of the Chief ignoring the two detectives.
Notably, there is footage of the infamous Henderson reaction shot, which has been referenced and replicated many times elsewhere on the channel. The shot was masterminded by Blake Weise, who felt a terrible reaction shot would be funny and more suited to the film than a genuine look of surprise. He achieved the shot simply by having Lucan look straight ahead and then open his mouth.
Other scenes filmed include Tom and Devin's "celebration", the opening of Act Two, the Chief's discovery of Johnson's death, and the endings shots of the film. The final shots of the film were shot on Ari's phone, as Nick's had just run out of storage.
BTS #6 - The Office (Round Three)[edit | edit source]
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October 4, 2017
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9m 20s
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BTS #7 - Triple Threat (Also I Have a Cold)[edit | edit source]
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October 11, 2017
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10m 45s
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BTS #2.5 - The one where Nick and Joey sit around and get nothing done[edit | edit source]
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October 18, 2017
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5m 12s
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| BTS #8
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December 30, 2017
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9m 30s
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A Hot Lead: The Lost Bloopers[edit | edit source]
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December 31, 2017
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8m 56s
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