![]() Trilogy’s producer John Watson said cooperation from Boston and the state (Mass.) was terrific and officials were regular visitors … Ethel Kennedy was also a set visitor. ![]() After this - he’d like to do a family pic with kids! … The movie’s gambling ship was blown up in Boston harbor - you recall the explosion was so heavy, nearby office windows were blown out - now, the interiors are filming here. Bridges also reminded me his father, Lloyd (who co-stars in the movie), also had a classic fight - with Gary Cooper in “High Noon.””And I always wanted to do an action movie,” admitted Bridges. And carrying on the tradition is Josh McLaglen, a.d. “Here’s a trick I learned in repertory,” said Jones as they switched pressure on the would-be strangling board! Young director Stephen Hopkins told me he’d learned some tricks from friend Andy McLaglen, who directed many movie fights - he’d learned tricks from his father, Victor, who starred in classic movie fights with John Wayne (“The Quiet Man”). The brawl continued amid broken glass and leaking sea water, as Jones pulled up Bridges by leveraging a nail-lined board under his (Bridges’) chin. They fought down the ship’s angled stairway, where Jones had booby-trapped Bridges with a series of spikes into his leg (artfully “inserted” by the special effects/makeup team). It’s the site of the grand finale of MGM/Trilogy’s “Blown Away,” starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. GOOD MORNING: How do you shoot a different movie fight scene? I found out, with difficulty - standing on a set with a 15-degree list, the interior of a rotting gambling ship casino.
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