Super random question but was Kate's falling down from the sofa in Episode 6 of Hill House scripted? It looks unscripted to me and got me worrying about her for a sec lol. Absolutely love your works btw!!! I started with Usher, Gerald's Game, Hush and now I'm still on Hill House--planning to watch the rest of your works on Netflix
Funny story...
So this was definitely scripted, and was initially supposed to be a bigger deal than what we actually shot. We simplified it for the shoot because we needed the camera to be able to move freely through the space, and knocking over a table felt like it could introduce too many variables too late in a very difficult shot. BUT, it was additionally stressful because we found out the night before we shot this that Kate was pregnant. Suddenly, I was very nervous about her taking a fall over and over and over again. Kate managed to sell the slip from the couch, and I'm glad it appears unscripted - she rehearsed it quite a bit in order to make it feel that way. But I still winced every time I watched her do it.
And we named our daughter "Theo" :)






















