Sink Into The Floor 10 BehindTheScenes Facts About Get Out

Sink Into The Floor: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Get Out

Jordan Peele’s Get Out was an excellent thriller with sobering commentary on America’s racial divide. Here are behind the scenes facts about the film.

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Few directorial debuts have made as big a splash as Jordan Peele’s did back in 2017. Get Out succeeded as a social thriller with sobering commentary on America’s ugly racial divide, and it still delivered the goods as a horror movie.

Peele was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay – emphasis on “original,” because this is a movie like no other – for weaving sociopolitical themes into a tightly structured, self-contained plot populated with strong, memorable characters. This movie rattled around in Peele’s head for years before he was given the chance to make it. Here are 10 interesting facts about the making of Get Out.

10 The Original Opening Was A Lot Longer

In the original script, the opening scene, in which Andre Hayworth (Lakeith Stanfield) is abducted in the middle of the night, was a lot longer. A white family would be talking about a trip to Disneyland while the abduction took place right outside their window.

This would’ve been a really creepy way to open the movie, but the more stripped-down version of the scene that appears in the final cut keeps the focus on Andre’s terrible situation and doesn’t reveal too much ahead of the big third-act twist.

9 Lil Rel Howery Improvised A Lot Of His Dialogue

By far the funniest character in Get Out is Chris’ best friend Rod, played hilariously by Lil Rel Howery. Rod is sort of the audience surrogate, telling Chris everything we want to tell him as he’s drawn into a dangerous situation.

Howery ad-libbed a lot of his dialogue on the fly during filming, which gave his scenes a snappy, spontaneous energy. Since the movie came out, Howery has said that he often gets recognized by real-life TSA agents for his portrayal of a “TS-motherf*ckin’-A” agent.

8 Jordan Peele Wrote More Than 200 Drafts Of The Script

When Jordan Peele started writing Get Out, he didn’t expect it to ever get made. It was more of a writing exercise because he didn’t believe a producer would ever fund it. He began writing it during Barack Obama’s first presidential term, and before it actually went into production, he’d gone through more than 200 drafts of the script.

Peele went on to become the fourth-ever black nominee for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (following Suzanne De Passe for Lady Sings the Blues, Spike Lee for Do the Right Thing, and John Singleton for Boyz n the Hood), and the first black winner.

7 The Sunken Place Was Described Much Differently In The Script

The Sunken Place is one of the most iconic otherworldly locations in recent horror cinema. As it appears in the film, it’s an endless void with no sound. According to Jordan Peele, the lack of sound in the Sunken Place is symbolic of how black people are silenced by the system.

But in the original script, the Sunken Place was described very differently. It had a floor and, based on the fact that Chris had lines in early drafts of the Sunken Place scenes, there was sound, too.

6 Daniel Kaluuya Was Offered The Lead Role On The Spot After His First Audition

Daniel Kaluuya landed the lead role of Chris Washington in Get Out on the spot following his first audition. Jordan Peele asked him to perform one pivotal scene that required him to cry.

He did five takes of the scene, and a single tear rolled down his cheek at the same point in every take. This made Peele realize that Kaluuya was perfect for the role, so he gave him the part then and there.

5 The Script Was Inspired By An Eddie Murphy Routine

Jordan Peele was inspired to write Get Out after seeing an Eddie Murphy routine from the comedian’s classic Delirious special. In the routine, Murphy jokes about how white protagonists in haunted house movies like Poltergeist never just leave the house.

He describes showing his wife around a beautiful new house in a great neighborhood and as soon as a ghost whispers, “Get out!,” like the ghost in The Amityville Horror, he says, “Too bad we can’t stay, baby!,” and they head for the door.

4 Michael Abels’ Haunting Theme Is Told From The Perspective Of Slaves

Michael Abels’ theme for Get Out, “Sikiliza Kwa Wahenga,” is sung in Swahili (except for the word “brother,” which is spoken in English), and according to the composer, the voices represent the souls of slaves and lynching victims who are warning Chris not to visit Rose’s parents.

The lyrics translate to: “Brother, run! Listen to the elders. Listen to the truth. Run away! Save yourself.”

3 Bradley Whitford Thought The Obama Line Was Sincere

When Bradley Whitford first read the line, “I would have voted for Obama a third time if I could,” in Jordan Peele’s script for Get Out, he didn’t realize it was a satirical jab at condescending white liberals and actually thought it was a nice sentiment. That’s why his delivery of it in the film is so sincere.

After the movie came out and he realized the subtext of the line, he was stunned to discover that he was one of the targets of Peele’s message.

2 Jordan Peele Has A Couple Of Unseen Cameos

Writer-director Jordan Peele doesn’t appear on-screen in Get Out, but he does have a couple of hidden cameo appearances. His voice can be heard saying, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste,” in the Coagula video. He also voiced the deer that Rose hit with her car.

Peele’s comedy partner Keegan-Michael Key also has a cameo appearance as one of the “Top NCAA Prospects” that Rose researches online when she’s looking for her next target.

1 The Original Ending Was Much Darker

Originally, Jordan Peele gave Get Out a much darker, more downbeat ending. Chris would be arrested for killing Rose and her family and then taken off to jail.

However, when Peele tested this ending, audiences were disappointed that things didn’t work out for Chris and he realized a happier ending, where Rod comes to save Chris, would be more satisfying. After everything Chris goes through in this movie, he deserves a happy ending.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/get-out-behind-the-scenes-facts-jordan-peele/

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