Q.
How long was Production on "Stanley 2 - The Legacy"?
A. The movie went into production in August 1998. It went pretty smooth
and post production ended in February just in time for its February 13,
1999 release date.
Q. Where did the idea come
from to do the sequel?
A. The main story was too long to shoot; it was broken down into 4 sections,
"Stanley - The Beginning", "Natural Born Stanley",
"Stanley 2 - The Legacy" and "Stanley 3 - The Hatchling".
It was first decided to create "Natural Born Stanley" as the
first movie since "Stanley - The Beginning" was just a back
story, and after the success of the first movie, a lot of comments where
made referring to the eggs that Stanley laid in the toilet. Quite a
few people expected there would be a sequel from that scene anyway,
so we just went with it.
Q. How where the egg hatching
effects made?
A. The eggs where created by filling up 2 regular sized balloons with
air and covering them with a thin layer of joint compound leaving a
space on the bottom for the hand to fit in. Once the joint compound
hardened 2 days later the balloons where popped creating a shallow ball.
The outer layer was moistened and smoothed and pre-scored for easy breakage.
Then the background was built and dressed and the eggs where built into
it.
Q. What was the puppet placenta
made of?
A. The regular gloves and eyes where used for the hatchling puppets
and a mixture of strawberry jelly and preserves, real chicken eggs,
milk, mustard and relish where mixed up and covered with a saran wrap.
Q. How was Stanley's mother's
grave built?
A. It was made of styrofoam, plaster wrap and joint compound. A whole
was dug in the ground shot on location at 2 am and then was buried,
covered with dirt and dressed up with plants, roots and bugs.
Q. Was that really Georgia?
A. Yes, some of the scenes filmed at the actual St Simons Church in
Georgia but not the graveyard scene.
Q. Where is Father Hazzard
from?
A. Brunswick, Georgia
Q. Will there ever be a part
3 made?
A. The screenplay and story for "Stanley 3 The Hatchling"
was written and some story board ideas where thrown around but this
was a couple of years ago and it was decided not to continue the story
because of contract renewal problems. When the contracts where up a
lot of the key players did not return and honestly we had other things
to move on to. David Haverty who played Father Hazzard in the sequel
actually moved to New York. Justin Duffy (Mateo), Frank Lepore (Tootie),
Robert Wilkins (Thorton Muggins) and Jason Dunkman (Little Billy) all
stayed in Florida. And although they all signed on to a final chapter,
it would really be an impossibility.
Q. What where some of the
greatest memories and biggest problems you faced in the production of
"Stanley 2 - The Legacy"?
A. "Stanley 2" was the funnest of the Stanley sagas to shoot.
This film was also very comfortable to film, because most of it was
done in studio. But there are a lot of great things about making it,
from outtakes to bloopers to Mateo's makeup scar falling off after every
take. To being held at gun point by the police for not having a permit
at one point (which you can see in the Special Edition of the movie).
Some of the problems where not really as hard because they where all
solved in someway or the other. I actually enjoy problems because its
like a filmmakers greatest test, being able to work around the issue
and continue production without major glitches. Like filming during
a hot Florida summer in the sewers when its about 120 degrees an its
hot as a puppet's ass! Or not having any of the animatronic puppets
completed almost half way through production, but those are the little
sacrifices we make for what we love.
Q. Why is the only way to
kill a puppet to suffocate them?
A. Puppets have nostrils and lungs like all birds and reptiles and mammals
but they also mostly breathe through their skin which is biochemicaly
organic 100% cotton, once that is plugged up its over.
Q. Are the sewers in the
beginning real or built on a set?
A. Yes the sewers in the beginning of the movie are real, that scene
was filmed underground of Pinellas County, it was about 120 degrees
down there and smelled really bad, like most sewers do. It took about
2 hours to shoot that 3 minute sequence.
Q. What’s the story
behind the puppet love scene?
A. The puppet love scene was originally a couple of minutes long and
included dialogue, it was later edited and cut down for content and
it was sometimes edited out for some screenings. It was re-shot and
re-edited and fully restored for the special editions.
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