Some may be major, others a bit more subtle.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your reaction when you first read the script for The Grove?
MICHAEL E. SATRAZEMIS:At first, its shocking and horrifying.
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So I knew it was pretty heavy and pretty intense, and a little scary.
But you know, its very heavy content for two nine-year-old girls at the time.
Lets get into the scene where Carol tells Lizzie to look at the flowers and then puts her down.
As a director, how did you want to approach this big, pivotal moment?
Brighton was like, Look, I want to die.
Im okay with it.
That was the only time I ever had her fall over.
It was one take, and it was just so heartbreaking.
Shes one of the greatest actors Ive ever worked with and/or seen.
So with them, we just let it go.
So when it was time to roll, the cameras were barely there and we just shot it.
You know, the broadcast version Im kind of fine with.
I dont need to see her fall.
But like I said, I did one take, and that was it.
That was enough for me.
It was too much.
She dropped like a potato sack.
How much did you guys talk about what you could and could not show in terms of this?
Even when you see Mika on the ground, thats not actually really the actress on the ground.
It was just another girl who was like, Oh, yeah.
Cool, and then laid down and we put blood on her.
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