Sole Stirrer

It's Old Bay all over again. Whaaaat?

David Fincher is known for his attention to detail and his perfectionism about his movies. Seeing Zodiac in the theater and seeing this, was so distracting, that the focus on Jake and Chloe in the scene was gone.

What was it? Two little cans on the back of the stove.

A can of Calamut baking powder and a box of Old Bay.

Baking powder is a leavening agent and keeping it on a heat source negates its purpose. If it was baking soda, you could say that it was there in case of fire. Baking soda is packaged in a box, baking powder is traditionally packaged in a tin. Then there's the Old Bay box. Old Bay is a seafood spice, yes San Francisco is known for seafood but not for Old Bay in their seasonings especially in the 70's. Old Bay is regionally popular, specifically in Southern US and parts of the Gulf Coast and mainly used to season crab and shrimp. But you don't use Old Bay when you cook Dungeness crabs which are the type of crabs predominate on the Pacific coast.

It seems something so small but it sometimes that's exactly what stick out the most. See how a little thing can throw everything. And in a big blockbuster movie it's the same thing.

That brings up PoP and this.

Do you see it?

Amazing that 6th century Persians mastered not only cobbling, but creating rubber and making rubber soled shoes. Look at the craftmanship see the fine detail of the notches. That's traction people pure and simple. The soles know. The fine leather uppers with a flexible sole. They are the next fashion sensation for Persian princes.

Jake needs shoes with traction to do the incredible action he's doing in the movie, andyes the boots take 20 minutes to put on, so it would be a huge pain, to change out for the tight shots but really? It's a 200 million dollar movie. And then an official Disney released still and they didn't catch it either. Well there's something to chat about on the DVD.

The point of all this? Don't discount the little things that pop out on and off screen, people notice . And those are the things that stop and make people think.

And if that's not enough PoPping off here's some more:

Like when Jake almost got his face chopped off:


JAKE: I remember this one scene where I got pulled from first unit to second unit really, really quickly, and we had this big fight scene with Toby Kebbell, who plays my brother in the movie. We had it choreographed, and he had worked on it a lot, but I had had very little time to work on it. But my character was sort of, you know, up against the wall at that point. And so I was literally just defending myself from his entire choreographed fight. I would remember it piece by piece kind of, but not really the whole thing, and the whole thing has the feeling of me going like, “Holy Shit!” The whole thing is me just being like, “Got it! Made that! OK, back over here, OK, we’re here, holy fuck! Wow, I punched him! Wow! Okay!” You know? It’s all real.

There was one moment, too, where my stunt guy — I had practiced with him a lot of the time, and then I come in and when I was doing it there’s one wipe across my face where I’m supposed to duck, and he has an ax, and the ax comes at my face – JULINA: Oh my God! JAKE: – and, like, literally with two hand-held cameras, [second Unit Director]Alexander Witt got the best angle: With nothing enhanced in it, you see he actually almost cut my face off. It’s great.

Check out more from the second part of Jake's interview with 30ninjas.com.


Jake's been doing press the past few days in London and here's some of the highlights.

Asked if he would do a sequel Jake said: "Of course, if there's an opportunity to do another one and people respond to it."...."I don't think that's really on our mind. I think our mind is to get this one out. But of course, it would be an honor. If an audience asks for a sequel, then that's an honor."


And being realistic about doing a movie based on a video game: "I know ... this will not appease all gamers, and I know there is a lot of skepticism about the translation of a video game to a movie." "But I also feel excited that I think we've done something that's better than any of the translations that have come out thus far." "These games haven't been given the respect they deserve in the movie world and I think (producer) Jerry (Bruckheimer) has done that and I think that we tried so hard to make it our own and at the same time stay true to the games.

"They (gamers) are tough, and I appreciate that. I come from a tough family. I don't mind tough critics."



The Royal Tour

TONIGHT
Entertainment Tonight - 'Prince Jake Rules!'
Date: May 6th, 2010
Check your local listings for station and time.

May 7th, 2010
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (UK)
Date: May 7th, 2010
Time: 10:35 PM
Channel: BBC One

May 9th, 2010
'Prince of Persia' - UK Premiere
Date: May 9th, 2010
Where: Westfield London
Source

May 17th, 2010
'Prince of Persia' - Los Angeles Premiere
Date: May 17th, 2010
Where: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

May 20th, 2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Date:May 20th, 2010
Time:12:05AM
Channel: ABC
Kimmel is not official confirmed but tweets are saying he will be back to talk to Jimmy on the 20th.
Sometime in May:
Regis & Kelly
Check your local listings for station and time.

There will be plenty more chances to catch Jake. Stay tuned for updates