Some interesting BTS trivia about the film has been revealed
Some very interesting trivia about the film has recently come to light thanks to an interesting conversation sparked by an individual in the comments section of the film on Youtube. This person has shared a truly remarkable fact about himself. When he was very young, he was very close to being cast as Joseph in The Changeling. He recalls his short but memorable time spent on the set with the cast and crew.
His original comment:
“My father's secretary's daughter was the casting director for this film. She saw my picture on my dad's desk and cast me as the title character "Joseph". Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) after my screen test and then shooting some footage they brought a child psychologist on set who determined I'd be traumatized for life. So they hired a kid who was older and skinnier than me and my scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. No idea if that's my voice in the séance scene or not but I do a pretty decent impression that creeps out my friends. At least I got to spend a few days on that spooky set, meet George C Scott and pretend to get murdered. I still have a Polaroid of me on set.”
Comment in response to a user asking how many sets were built inside of panorama studios:
“I have no idea. It was a labyrinth and I was pretty young. I only spent time
in a few of the rooms. My screen test was in the living room where the seance took place. Here's some trivia: They had me lay on the sofa and an actor came at me and pretended to smother me with a pillow. They just told me to look scared and I guess they liked my "acting." I think it's plausible that the original murder of Joseph was by smothering and the drowning was a later script change.”
In response to my comment telling him that information was really fascinating and if he had any other stories to share from his experiences on set:
“All I remember about George C Scott is being intimidated by him. Everyone on set was so deferential and he had such a presence I instinctively knew he was someone important. Mostly I spent time with the director and the actor who murdered Joseph though. I remember thinking he was dressed weird. Everyone was super nice but I was just shy and confused by all the commotion on set.”
As you can see, this information sheds a bit of light on how things operated on the set of The Changeling. I thought you would all find this information just as intriguing as I did.
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