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The cast of 'The Last House' is prepared for the backlash from dog lovers. Hear Greta Lee and Wagner Moura talk about the emotional challenges and hilarious absurdity of filming the movie's most talked-about scene.
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00:00Are you prepared to hear from people that are, like, taking to the streets because they were upset that the
00:05dog doesn't make it?
00:06I'm prepared for anything. As a dog lover myself, I understand. I mean, those scenes were so hard to shoot.
00:16I mean, those tears.
00:18Although I have to just emphasize, and hopefully this will help, that there were days when maybe she wasn't feeling
00:26it and didn't want to play dead during very dramatic, important moments where it was crucial for her to play
00:35dead and do the trick.
00:36And I remember distinctly how absurdly funny it was for us to, like, be crying because the dog had died,
00:43but having to sort of, like, hold the dog down a little bit while it was trying to lick us
00:49and, like, play.
00:50I mean, it's just, like, what a relief. It's like, okay, yeah, you're alive. You're fine. We're good. We're good.
00:57We're done.
00:58I read somewhere that people, that dogs, animals, especially dogs, suffering in films are the things that people, like, really,
01:06it moves people more than human beings suffering.
01:10And I personally have a dog, and I just love my dog. Yeah, it was a, and that dog was
01:18adorable. You know, it was a great dog.
01:22But he's alive as well. He's here in England.

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