Chapter 114
Behind The Spotlight Chapter 114
Axel's talent was adapting to his role and making sure he blended naturally with whatever character he was supposed to portray, no matter how absurd or strange that character might be. The role he was striving to get cast in was a tall cracker guy. Yes, the guy was tall but also a cocaine addict whose whole existence in the script was meant to be both ridiculous and comedic. Frightening Movie was a parody of countless horror movies, from slashers to ghost stories, and was obviously a comedy film.
The role was called Tall Cracker Guy... Don't expect anything deep.
In the scene where Axel was performing, the killer phone called the Tall Cracker Guy and tried to scare him, but Tall Cracker Guy thought it was his drug dealer instead, setting up the comedic misunderstanding the director wanted the audience to laugh at.
So when the killer said, "I'm going to kill you," Tall Cracker Guy was supposed to reply, "Are you my dealer? Man, we already talked about this a week ago, I'm not going to try weed. So don't push that lame ass grass at me! Don't threaten me!"
This was the exact line in the script, carefully written for comedic timing.
That was the line Axel was supposed to deliver. However, he improvised and did something different, taking the risk of injecting his own interpretation.
Based on how he understood the role, Tall Cracker Guy was probably under the influence while watching television, reacting to the world around him with exaggerated silliness. So when he answered the call, he was supposed to act like a crackhead whose mind wasn't entirely grounded in reality.
The best decision Axel could think of was to answer the call with an excited wazzup, believing the caller was his drug dealer. This small twist, in his mind, would immediately add a fresh comedic layer to the role.