When I made the above post back in 2022 I'd completely forgotten that the second still I shared had actually been originally shared on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page of Darren's NoDS Restoration Web site with the following caption:
(From Left) 2nd Assistant Director Alan Wertheim, Lara Parker (Angelique), and DGA trainee Mike Haley pose for this fun shot. (Photo courtesy Mike Haley.) | |
And that caption at least explains who the second set of men are and why they were posing with Lara for that still. Though of course, it doesn't explain why there is footage of them in both the film and the trailers...
Another thing to notice is how different Angelique's hair is in the two instances, full hairstyle versus very flattened. Not the greatest of continuity. But then, when the 2nd Assistant Director and the DGA trainee were up on the platform it probably wasn't the plan that anything related to that time would end up in the film or the trailers...
(Though those changes are hardly the only examples of changes in Angelique hair in the same scene because we've pointed out such changes when it comes to Scene 85 -
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One really has to wonder how Angelique's somewhat flattened hair (due to Charles running his hands through it) -
- suddenly becomes as big as it is, especially at the end of Scene 85 -
- but perhaps that's even more evidence that Scene 85 was shot over the course of a few days... (Or is it evidence that Angelique really was a witch and had cast a spell so that her hair would go back to being perfectly coiffed no matter what Charles did to it during their, uh, amorous interludes? )
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- in the tower room.)