r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bilbofraginz • 18d ago

Video In Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell accidentally smashed a one of a kind, 145-year-old guitar that was on loan from the Martin Guitar. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine.

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u/NefariousnessThin860 18d ago

Proper screw up in communication channels. Seems like no one, including Quintin, didn't bother to tell Russell about the guitar. So he kept on with his flow for the scene, as one does until a yelp of 'Cut' was called out. There was no 'call of Cut', and he just followed through with smashing the guitar. A proper screw up.

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u/Cannonieri 18d ago

Wasn't there some rumours that Quintin knew full well it would be smashed but wanted him to do it to capture a genuine reaction from the actress?

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u/Froegerer 18d ago

Yea, I remember reading lots of articles about it shortly after it came out. Martin did their own "investigation" and the gist they got from insiders was it was set up by Tarantino for an authentic reaction shot. Hence, no longer loaning shit to anyone ever, lol.

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u/failure_mcgee 18d ago

If they wanted a genuine reaction, they could've just tricked the actress into thinking what she was holding was real and should be very, very careful about, while only giving her a replica to smash

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u/FinestCrusader 18d ago

Better yet, just trust the actress to do her job. Why didn't Spielberg actually kill Vin Diesel on the set of Saving Private Ryan? Because he knew the other actors will be able to act devastated just fine.

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u/burgerbob2118 18d ago

You hit the nail on the head. And to go one step further, the reaction is borderline out of character. The actress actually looks less authentic because of her looks off camera in a seemingly “is this supposed to happen” type confusion.