00:00When that music comes on, and he starts performing,
00:04it really was like you were there.
00:06And the fans were, the extras were in it.
00:09It wasn't like, OK, action, and you're going to pretend.
00:12That music would come on.
00:13They would start dancing around and start screaming.
00:15And there was moments I looked, I was like,
00:18do they think this is Michael?
00:20Like, it was so bizarre.
00:21Because when we weren't even rolling,
00:23they would be screaming, we want more,
00:25and entertaining themselves.
00:27It was really special.
00:28They were very emotional.
00:30Very emotional.
00:31Very emotional.
00:32We were all emotional watching Jafar off on that stage.
00:35Yeah.
00:35Because he just transformed himself into Michael.
00:38Yeah.
00:38And you could feel it.
00:39You could feel it.
00:40And they could feel it as well.
00:42Yeah.
00:42And I don't think they knew what to expect, of course.
00:44Right.
00:44You know, it's like playing Michael Jackson,
00:47and then when the music starts and Jafar comes out,
00:49it was surprising to them as well how detailed he was as Michael,
00:55and singing and performing as Michael, it was kind of mind-blowing.
01:00I think the first day he did bad, right?
01:03The first day was bad.
01:04The first day of filming was bad.
01:06All I could hear from the crew and the extras was, and us.
01:09Yeah.
01:09Holy shit.
01:10Yeah, yeah.
01:11It was like, whoa.
01:13Explosive.
01:14Because we had seen him rehearse, but we had not actually seen
01:17the costume, makeup, and everything.
01:20It was just mind-blowing.
01:22It was amazing, especially with the fans, with the extras.
01:24Right.
01:24You know, it was crazy, yeah.
01:26I don't think we went out to Michael fans.
01:28We just went out to extras.
01:30We just went out to extras.
01:31Right.
01:31Yeah.
01:32It was just organic, though, like Anton said.
01:34Just let the camera roll.
01:36Yeah, they would just start going.
01:37Right.
01:37I mean, it got so bad, we had to have extra cameras put in the audience.
01:42We had, like, six, and I looked at Graham, like, Graham was like,
01:44we need two more.
01:45We need more cameras, right.
01:46Put two more cameras, because we would, he would see someone
01:49way in the back screaming and crying.
01:51And then I would see someone over there, and I was like,
01:54how do we capture it?
01:54It was so real and organic.
01:57So literally, we would have our crew, like, you go over and get that.
02:00Go grab this.
02:02And here's what's interesting.
02:03In a movie, you do it over and over.
02:06It was the same energy each time.
02:08Right.
02:09You know what I mean?
02:10You think you're going to burn them out.
02:12The music would start playing, and they would just disappear into it.
02:15It was amazing.
02:15I think they really gave Jafar confidence on that stage, just organically,
02:20because they were rooting for him.
02:21They were cheering for him.
02:22They were crying for him.
02:24So much love, yeah.
02:25Yeah, it was a lot of love.
02:26You could feel going from the audience to the stage and vice versa.
02:30So it felt like a mini Michael.
02:32Like a mini concert.
02:33Concert, right.
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