![]() There’s only one real shot where you really see him, but the creature came out really awesome. Angela Bulmer did the practical effects on Big Legend, and I think it came out really great. It was like three million individual yak hairs that were pinned to the costume and tied. In terms of the creature, we had the creature suit done up. You just have to jump in and figure it all out. ![]() We really tried to piece that together because getting hit with snow like that was unexpected, but things like that happen all the time in indie films. So, as the writer, I had to figure out how to transition this thing to where now this big storm came in, so we tried to shoot in and out of snow lines to make it feel like they are just below a snow line at the start of the film, and as they go up, more snow falls. One day, there was not a single drop of rain in the sky, and then the next day, there were two feet of snow on the ground. Shooting out in the wilderness like that can be tough, especially since we weren't expecting there to be the biggest snowstorm in 30 years in Washington a week into shooting. Not to mention, it's where a lot of the legends originally came from. The monster tree, the big open moss land between trees, that was just perfect. So based on my own knowledge, the area where we shot was something that I knew very well. Every time I write a script, I'm pretty much writing for a particular location that I already know very intimately. It can be tough to do a practical monster when you’re working on the indie level–was that one of the biggest challenges on this film? I’m guessing shooting out in the woods came with some complications as well. You mentioned practical effects, which is something that I'm a big fan of. I was like, “I love that idea.” So that's how it came to be. So, I set out to try and make this one-man movie where he’s on the hunt for this creature, similar to Predator.Īnd when I realized we could make this movie, but make it like Jaws, where we really only give you mostly glimpses of Bigfoot, that's what sold me. I'm a huge fan of the '80s, and you have those movies like The Howling and Cujo and Critters that all had great effects. One of the things I've always wanted to do is a practical effects creature feature film. ![]() So, we were trying to figure out what to make and I had already written a script called Monster Chronicles, and so I figured I would make a Bigfoot movie that tied into that initial idea, and Kevin was really on me about figuring out how to get it made. And so I grew up with that, and Kevin, who is the lead in this, said “I want to do this part,” because he is a Bigfoot believer. Justin Lee: Yeah, I grew up in that area in the Northwest, so we shot pretty much along where I grew up at, which is where the majority of Bigfoot legends came from. Was there something in particular about the mythology of Bigfoot that drew you in as a storyteller? I would love to hear about your process of putting the story together for Big Legend. Look for Big Legend on VOD soon, courtesy of Vega Baby and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Lee chatted about working with his lead actor (and long-time best pal) and collaborating with several genre veterans on Big Legend, and he also discussed future plans for the world he establishes in the film, which is set up during Big Legend’s finale with the help of Lance Henriksen. Arriving on VOD next Tuesday, July 3rd, is Justin Lee’s Big Legend, which follows a man (played by Kevin Makely) who, haunted by the disappearance of his fiancé, heads back to the woods where she was taken, only to find himself hot on the trail of none other than Bigfoot himself, and he must find a way to contend with the elusive creature.ĭaily Dead recently spoke with Lee about the real-life inspiration behind Big Legend, and he discussed how Makely’s own obsession with the long-rumored beast led to him taking on the infamous Sasquatch as well.
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