``Panic Room'' Lead role change, pregnancy, behind the scenes full of panic?

Unexpected Jodi pregnancy scandal, director of photography replaced

Originally, David Fincher is a director who repeats many takes, but when he takes a long time to do things, her stomach becomes more and more swollen. Everyone tries to shoot quickly, but ``Panic Room'' is a work that takes time and effort. This was because Jodie Foster and her child hiding in the Panic Room, the robbers waiting outside, and the security cameras showing them all had to be filmed separately and timed to match.

What's more, Kristen Stewart is growing up. She grew taller during the shoot, and although she was smaller than Jodie Foster when filming started, she grew three inches taller and was looking down on Jodie by the end of the shoot. Even though it only happened in one night, it was difficult to maintain consistency, and Fincher had to take particular pains to film the scenes in which the two characters lined up.

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There was another problem. Darius Khondzi, who has been photographing the works of European masters, is an artistic cinematographer who takes the time to create images without compromise. The focus on one shot was so strong that filming progressed slowly. Frustrated, David Fincher decided to replace Darius Khondji. Conrad W. Hall was hired as the new director of photography.

Despite various problems, Fincher managed to complete the film (due to a lack of filming time, additional filming was done after Jodie Foster gave birth).

However, from the time of its release to the present, it is difficult to say that ``Panic Room'' has received high praise. As a writer, I am extremely disappointed. If the filming scenes of this film, which was probably the most brutal in David Fincher's history, were made into a movie, it might become a suspenseful movie even more so than ``Panic Room.''

Text: Rui Takeshima

A pop culture writer who wants to be kicked by Hit Girl. Host of the web magazine " POP MASTER ".

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"Panic Room"

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