Collider has given us more info on EoW and it definitely shows that Jake has returned to his indie roots.
Instead of a major studio backing the picture it's former Paramount head John Lesher's own label and this is the label's first film. The shoot was a tight scheduled of 22 days as opposed to “studio” movie which can run 40 to 90 days.
Jake read the whole script, which writer/director David Ayers wrote in just six day, in an hour and immediately called up to do it.
As mentioned before on OMG the film was shot with unconventional camera coverage. In addition to how you would film a regular film Ayer turned the cast and the technology of the moment into cameras. From Jake and Mike having cameras strapped to their chest they operate those cameras as well as using handheld cameras to tell their story. And during filming they themselves had control of how and what they filmed and put them in the director's chair thinking about the camera in terms of a character.The partners are carrying cameras on them all the time in the movie as a part of storyline. Officer Taylor is using it for the filmmaking class he's taking.
Ayers' goal is to create a real raw in your face POV style kind of movie and incorporates things like gang members’ cellphone cameras, dashcams from inside cop cars, TV news footage, citizens’ cameras, and surveillance cameras with traditional filmmaking to help tell the story of best friends and honest LA Cops over 8 months of their lives. He wanted to create a real portrait of police officers in South Central LA and the film will always follow the point of view of officers. Jake or Mike either together or on their own will be in every scene of the movie and their viewpoint is always there.Ayer brought on friend Jamie Fitzsimons, a 15 years LAPD vet in South Central, as the technical advisor. Jake and Mike Pena went through five months of training in order to prepare including shooting, tactical training, fight training, drivers training and visits to the academy.
They said Jake got so immersed into the character and prep "that he no longer uses his right hand when he’s out because he’s been taught that his right hand always needs to be free to reach for his gun." And because the guys had prepped so much, Ayer would write pages on the spot and they would be able to nail scenes them straight away.Jake was seen with his fellow co-star Anna Kendrick and Ayers and some others from EoW this weekend grabbing food at Subway. (Jake grabbing a $5 Footlong?)
Check out the pictures at PopSugar.
Now we've heard that EoW was filming the end of last week, and the current story is that Jake and EoW crew flew up to Vegas yesterday, which doesn't make much sense. Especially if Jake was in LA on Sunday. Looks like mix-n-match dates.
Makes you wonder if the picture with Anna happened on Saturday, and for some reason Jake got a little nervous about what would get seen, and asked a friend to help him out on Sunday, just in case.
Could it be he's carrying two sandwiches? The close crop of pictures? Or the that he is off set but seems to be wearing a gold wedding band on his left ring finger?
Because if they prop master would let Jake keep his badge on between scenes, he's not going to let Jake travel home from Vegas with a prop wedding band on.