I wanted one of the characters to crack mentally because of the sheer craziness of what was happening. I feel there isn't enough of that in these types of movies. I wanted to show someone go from business as usual to clinging to sanity by a thread. Debbie is our character for that from this point on.
You aren't seeing things. Shane is missing an ear.
When Debbie is asked to describe what she saw ... it's hilarious now because we all want her to say "It looked like a f**kin dinosaur!" But all she could come up with in her fragile state were a few vague adjectives before weakly and matter of factly landing on 'a dragon.' It's something I refer to as The Golic Syndrome.
When Angela leads Debbie off the couch to get some rest check out that movie magic in her right hand!
I wanted the introduction to the Bounty Hunters to begin with a sense of mystery and danger. I liked the idea of them being disembodied flash lights at first ... just these ghost lanterns in the aftermath of this crazy shit that just went down. Shane, full of anger, fearing the unknown, goes out there and pulls them into reality.
The Hunters themselves would have obviously benefited from being played by actors much older than the principle actors ... but I couldn't find anyone in the 30 to 55 age group that I could get to commit to such a long shoot. The actors ended up being younger than the principle characters. I can't explain this. Maybe Predxeno can help.
The Leader of the Hunters, Maurice Steele, is decked out with some pretty savage looking scarring makeup on the left side of his face. Continuity be damned ... those scars do a lot of subtle and not so subtle moving around during the course of the film.
