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Transcript of press conference, part 4:
Cast members (in order of appearance):
Jim: This is Robin Weigert. Earl: Say something, Robin. Titus: AKA the Sphinx. Earl: Hey, you might be able to tell she’s a little bit different than the character she plays. Audience: Well, I was going to ask you if you’ll howl on the street tonight like the real Calamity did. Robin: What’s that? Audience: If you would go out and howl on the street … Paula: That would be me. Audience: I have a question for Robin. You play the famous character of Calamity Jane. I'm sure you've heard this question before, but how do you approach capturing the character and the background ??? ? Robin: Although if you read about her, and I'm sure you guys have, it's like there's about ten different accounts about her life. There's so much variety and people who want to make a hero out of her or denigrate her – people just sort of cast her one way or another. It’s very hard to get a true read – I’m so boring. Everybody’s funny and … Paula: Oh stop it! Stop it! Jim: That was pretty funny. Robin: Damn it. And … but, um, you know, so I just go to sort of David, because … I get the character from what he writes much more than from independent… I tried to bring independent research in one time but he completely tore it apart. That was the end of that. You know, because there’s stuff about what she did in the wake of Hickok's death, you know, that she went and she took a butcher's knife and she went after McCall and, you know… some people say it like that, you know, and David thinks that's all BS. So, but I was looking forward to playing that scene. But um, yeah, so um … does that answer your question? Audience: Do you guys enjoy working outside so much? I mean, is it nicer, better, more interesting working outside as much as you do? Peter: What's the temperature? Paula: It depends what — Friday nights are rough. We get … we do a … we pull an all-nighter on Friday nights, and uh, that's when I'm usually tucked into a good bottle of whiskey, so I’m missing that. Titus: Really? I’ve never seen you miss that. Paula: I don't drink — I sip. Hawkeye: Guzzle’s the word, Paula. Paula: No, it can be — it depends. Like we were talking about when we shot the wedding or the funeral, when you're there and it's going on and on, you don't — it's rough. Jim: Another thing is … Paula: And it's cold out there at night. Earl: Or hot. Paula: Or hot. Titus: Or 112 in the shade. Jim: You gotta remember we're shooting either fall or … the last two seasons have either been fall or spring in Deadwood Paula: And we start in August. Jim: And we start in August and so we're dressed for spring in Deadwood usually with three layers of clothes … Paula: Not me Jim: And it may be 110 out where we're shooting. Not you … Peter: And Franklin got tarred and feathered — he actually got hurt Franklin: No I didn’t … Paula: Thank God. Franklin: They actually screwed up. One day they … well, first of all, there was this extra, this old guy with a beard, right? Every day he would say, "Are they gonna tar and feather you today?" So the first time… two times he said that I thought, "Oh, he’s just an enthusiastic cat." Sean: That's just a euphemism — yeah. Franklin: And every time I’d go on the set he’d say, "Are they going to tar and feather you today?" And I said "When they do ..." — to myself — "when they do tar and feather me I'm going to be looking for this guy, all right, because I'm a student of the enthusiastic. So anyway, we shot that scene all day which, you know… I mean that was a scene when I watched it, it was so brief I said, "Wow – I can't believe we shot it all day." But one of the takes, for some … it got hot and when they put it on me it was actually really hot and I don't know if they used that take because I really screamed. I mean, I was acting except on that one. And they said, "How'd that happen?" So anyway I said, "You know, if it happens again it’s gonna be the FBO Network, not the HBO Network." I had to go put some aloe vera on that, you know, I mean, but you know, I can bleep (?). I kept watching a little bit closer after that. But it was &mdash you know, I’ve still got the scar. Jim: Every time they tell you this isn't going to hurt… Paula: It's very hard to do physical scenes like that where you actually don't get hurt despite what they say. Audience: Do you enjoy doing all the horse riding? I mean, getting on and getting off? Titus: That's pretty much what it is. All my friends, when I first started doing this show, said, "Aw, man, you get to ride a horse?" I said, "I ride into town, I get off the horse, and at the end of the season I ride out of town." I mean, it's getting on and getting off. There's no… Jim: I bet there's 75% of us on the show that haven't been on a horse. Franklin: Like they had to teach me how to ride and then they didn't use it. They taught me one morning… Paula: I saw him out there. Sean: They taught you how to get on and off. Franklin: On a dead horse. Earl: You know David just stood there to watch you squirm. Franklin: I'll tell you, then they didn't use it. They didn't use it. They just had me getting off. And I almost pulled a muscle just getting on. Jim: Yours or the horse’s? Hawkeye: The theory is to keep the horse between you and the ground, right? Franklin: Yeah, that's it. Peter: It's a very physical show. |
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