You dont have to fake any expressions when youre doing 180 degree turns!
Baby is the getaway driver for this group of criminals, says Elgort.
He works for Doc, Kevin Spaceys character, doing the getaway-driving for heists.
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Itsmorethan just editing it to music afterward, says Wright.
Actors and stuntmen are choreographing the action to that.
So, overall, it creates a real spell.
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I started to imagine this car chase that was set to that song, he says.
When I started writing, I had eight of the set-piece songs nailed down, he says.
I thought, if Im going to make this movie, I have to authenticate it, he says.
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Wright road tested his idea to choreograph onscreen action to music on a couple of other projects.
And I whispered back, I am way ahead of you!'
I was like, Well, Im totally available!
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WhenAnt-Manwent the wayAnt-Manwent, I think this opened up a hole in his schedule, says Hamm.
People do car chases in different ways, says Wright.
It really all comes down to planning.
We would find the locations and measure them out, he explains.
Then wed go down to Atlanta Motor Speedway and actually drive the car and time it out.
Its unlike anything Ive ever done.
It should be a class in film schoolyou go out and choreograph something to a song!
It was very different than with the belt, says Elgort.
We were all like Waaah!
holding on to sh for dear life.
Both Elgort and Hamm drove for real in scenes which involved little in the way of potential peril.
There are quite a few shots in there with them actually driving, says Wright.
A different movie would have done that in a parking lot with green screen, says Prescott.
There wasnt a lot of room for error, man.
He was involved with anything to do with the human body, says Wright.
The opening car chase scene, when theyre driving, theres not as much for Ryan to do.
Its just an amazing thing.
So, has Wrights more than 20-year itch to make a music-fueled car chase movie been satisfyingly scratched?
Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch, he says.
But Id do more.
Action and music its all my passions in one movie!
Watch a trailer forBaby Driverabove.
