Actor Debra Jo Rupp recently spoke about WandaVision’s surrealist choking scene, which she said was fun, but also a bit challenging, to film.
While the creepy choking scene in the first episode of WandaVision, “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience,” took a while before actor Debra Jo Rupp nailed it, and she loved performing it.
“Well, first of all, it was the nicest thing I’ve ever done, ever, ever,” Rupp said when asked about the scene in an interview with Collider. ‘It did two things at once. It was very challenging, which I loved, and the director was very patient, because I kept going, ‘wait, what? Do you want me to do? No, I do not understand it. Wait what? “
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The actor further explained that once she mastered things, she wanted to take on more and more tasks because it was a lot of fun to film. “I also knew where it fit into the episode and I knew it was the first crack, so it was very exciting,” Rupp added.
Fred Melamed’s Arthur Hart chokes on a piece of food, while Mrs. Hart van Rupp constantly says, “Stop it.” It was a surreal and disturbing moment that shocked many viewers, and also dropped a strong hint that Wanda and Vision’s suburban life is not what it seems. At the end of the episode, it would appear that someone was watching Wanda and Vision on a TV.
Written by Jac Schaeffer and directed by Matt Shakman, WandaVision plays Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Randall Park as agent Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Kathryn Hahn as Agnes. New episodes air on Friday + Disney.
Source: Collider
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