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Netflix‘s Big Mistakes not only had audiences laughing but also the cast and crew during filming, especially Dan Levy and the Miami drug scene.
During a screening and Q&A on Saturday night for a special Netflix FYSEE event, the co-creator and star detailed how they brought the cocaine scene to life on screen in season one.
“Doing lines and lines of cocaine was really fun,” Levy joked, drawing laughter from the room. “I have never done cocaine before, and actors doing bad drugs, looking like somebody who’s never done drugs before, is my worst nightmare as an actor. So when we were shooting these scenes, it’s like icing sugar, and I was talking to the camera department and I’m like, ‘I need you to get me doing the entire line, camera up. I want the audience to know that I actually downed this thing. I don’t want to cut away. I don’t want it to look like I cheated. I want you to do it and we will film it over and over and over again until you get it right.'”
Before the Schitt’s Creek alum shared how the show’s crew members helped make sure he’s doing the drugs “properly” on screen, he questioned if he should admit this as “we’re in Netflix headquarters.” He proceeded anyway, quipping, “Anyway, it’s fine. Everyone’s having a great time.”
