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    Demi Moore Felt Like 'Guinea Pig' Filming 'Songbird' at the Start of Pandemic

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    The ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle’ actress reveals she and her cast mates were aware that they became a ‘test case’ to find out the safe way to work on the set amid pandemic.

    Dec 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Demi Moore was aware, while filming “Songbird” amid the coronavirus pandemic, that she and the cast were “guinea pigs.”
    The “Ghost” actress leads the cast in director Michael Bay’s pandemic-themed romantic thriller and she admitted they were all very aware that they were the “test case” in how the movie industry can now operate because they were the first to start filming in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
    She said, “It was the first film from what I understand, to get the green light (to start filming).”
    “So in a way I felt like we were the guinea pigs. We were the test case to see if it could work as they were slowly rolling out a new version of how we can work safely.”
    Demi – who plays Piper Griffin in the film – believes the movie offers a “cautionary tale” and depicts everyone’s “worst nightmare” amid the coronavirus crisis.
    She explained, “It’s about a pandemic in the future and I think it’s a cautionary tale. It’s the version of what happens in our worst nightmare with this virus.”

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    “It’s looking at a world that has separated between those who have and those who have not and the desperation and fear that can take over…”
    “My character is a woman, mother and a wife who has resorted to some black market dealing to survive for her family.”
    “And it’s a world where if you’re immune to the virus, which my character is, you have almost a free pass to move about where everyone else cannot.”
    When it comes to the rest of the career, the G.I. Jane star has always sought roles she felt were “provocative” or could teach her something about herself.
    She said in a recent interview, “I was definitely moved by things that were provocative. And I don’t mean just in a sexual context, but things that really pushed us to think outside the box.”
    “And in the very early days for me, I think so much of what inspired and moved me was about exploring how to love myself, how to find myself and in looking at different ways to discover the different pieces of me.”

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      KJ Apa Recalls Embarrassingly Crashing in Front of Michael Bay During 'Songbird' Stunt

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      When appearing on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’, the ‘Riverdale’ star talks about his excitement working with the ‘Transformers’ filmmaker for the pandemic-themed love story.

      Dec 22, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Actor KJ Apa hoped to really impress “Songbird” director Michael Bay with his first big stunt for the film – but he crashed and burned instead.
      The “Riverdale” star was shooting the pandemic-themed love story over the summer, for which much of the action was filmed remotely as full production was yet to resume in Los Angeles following the spring shutdown due to the coronavirus.
      And he was thrilled when the “Transformers” filmmaker came to the set in person to take charge of the New Zealander’s first action scene.
      “Michael Bay had decided to come in and direct that specific scene,” KJ shared on America’s “Live with Kelly and Ryan”, “and it was the first time I had worked with him. He was operating the camera, we were ready for the first shot.”

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      Then things went quickly downhill.
      “I was on the bike,” he continued. “I toppled right over the bike (handlebars), the chain comes off and everything. I get fully run over by the bike.”
      “Huge scrape down my leg, my leg is bleeding, and he’s (Bay) like, ‘Are you good…? You can do another one, right?’ And I was just like, (with a) stone cold face, ‘Yeah I’m good’.”
      But he wasn’t actually feeling so hot: “I just didn’t want to show him any weakness at all – not Michael Bay,” the young star quipped.

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      Sofia Carson Thankful 'Songbird' Director Let Her and KJ Apa Wrote Their Characters' Love Story

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      The Adam Mason-helmed movie follows a bicycle messenger who tries to save his girlfriend from life in a government pandemic camp in a world where COVID-19 has mutated to deadly COVID-23.

      Dec 14, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Sofia Carson and KJ Apa were given the freedom to create the back stories for their characters love story by “Songbird” director Adam Mason.
      The movie follows Apa’s character, a bicycle messenger, trying to save his girlfriend from life in a government pandemic camp in a world where COVID-19 has mutated to deadly COVID-23.
      And in an interview with Buzzfeed, Sofia opened up about how she and co-star KJ Apa were able to write Nico and Sara’s love story together.
      “One of my favorite things that I got to do in the role – and that’s thanks to our director, Adam Mason – (was that) he wanted us – KJ and I – to have a voice in Nico and Sara,” Sofia explained. “So, he didn’t tell us who Sara and Nico were (before the events of the film) – he wanted us to write their story.”

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      She adds that “before we started shooting, I sat down that weekend and I wrote Sara’s story from start to finish. Where she was born, who her mother was, her relationship with her mom, what her fears are, how she met Nico – everything that made Sara who she is in order to bring her to life.”
      “We got together that weekend, that Saturday, and we spent the whole day bringing our love story to life: the first moment Sara and Nico met, the thing about Sara that made Nico fall for her – someone he’s never seen, only someone he’s heard through the door,” she continued.
      On Friday, December 11, Carson stunned on the red carpet in a gorgeous pearl gown by Prada at the private screening of “Songbird” in Beverly Hills, California.
      Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare and Alexandra Daddario also star in the film, which is produced by blockbuster king Michael Bay.
      “Songbird” is out on demand now.

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      Pics: KJ Apa Braces Getting Stitched With a Grin After Injuring His Head on 'Songbird' Set

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      This is the latest scary incident that the ‘Riverdale’ star has experienced in the last two weeks after he got a ‘shard of metal’ struck in his eyeball, leaving him with ‘a hole’ in his eye.
      Jul 31, 2020
      AceShowbiz – KJ Apa isn’t so lucky with stunts. The actor has got into an on-set accident as he filmed his new quarantine-themed movie “Songbird”, which apparently requires him to perform some of his own stunts.
      The redhead took to Instagram on Wednesday, July 29 to reveal a head injury that he suffered from the mishap. In one of the photos, he flashed a grin as a medic stitched up his head. Going shirtless, the 23-year-old showed on the next slide his T-shirt which was tainted with his blood on the collar. “Stunts,” he simply captioned the pics.
      The Archie Andrews on The CW’s “Riverdale” shared more details of his injury on Instagram Stories on Thursday. He posted a photo of his injured head before it got stitched and later showed the staples on his head.

      KJ Apa showed his head injury.
      “I split my head open yesterday,” he told his followers in a clip. “I don’t know if you guys can see that, but I have two stitches in there, metal stitches.” He didn’t reveal, however, how the accident happened.
      This is the latest scary incident that KJ has experienced in the last two weeks after he got a “shard of metal” struck in his eyeball. On July 19, the New Zealand native shared an Instagram video which captured the ordeal.
      The 23-year-old star had to enlist the help of celebrity hairstylist friend Jason Schneidman to help remove the metal. “Bro, it’s stuck in there, bro. It’s really stuck,” he said as he looked at his eye in the mirror. “I have to work tomorrow.”
      KJ then took the swab and tried to get the metal out himself, dabbing his eyeball gently to try and work it out. “It’s actually like punctured my eye,” he said after successfully getting it out and asked Jason to check for any other debris.
      “You got the piece out, bro. That’s the piece that was f**king in your eye, dude,” the hairdresser replied. Still feeling uncomfortable after getting the metal removed, he asked Jason, “what’s that?” after seeing something left on his eyeball.
      “That’s just now a f**king damage,” his friend replied, to which KJ gasped, “That’s just a hole?” before breaking down into tears. Another friend was then heard trying to calm him down, “You’re going to be okay. Stop freaking out.”

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      Demi Moore's Pandemic Movie 'Songbird' Gets 'Do Not Work' Order From Union

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      The producers of the new movie are criticized by the Screen Actors Guild for not being ‘transparent about their safety protocols’ amid the ongoing health crisis.
      Jul 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Michael Bay’s pandemic movie “Songbird” has been issued with a “do not work” order from industry body the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
      The film was handed the order due to producers not being “transparent about their safety protocols” amid the coronavirus pandemic, a representative from SAG-AFTRA told the Hollywood Reporter in a statement.
      The official added that they are taking safety on sets during the Covid-19 crisis “very seriously” and was forced to step in because producers “have not yet become a signatory to our agreement.” The Hollywood Reporter added that work was due to start on the film, starring Demi Moore and Craig Robinson, this month (Jul20).
      Numerous movie and TV sets were reopened in Los Angeles last month with strict rules in place due to the pandemic, which includes testing of on-set employees and regular cleaning of props and sets.

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      Demi Moore Lands Lead Role in Pandemic Thriller 'Songbird'

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      The former ‘Charlie’s Angels’ actress has been confirmed to portray a key character in the upcoming pandemic-themed big-screen project about a killer virus.
      Jun 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Demi Moore has been tapped to star in pandemic-themed thriller “Songbird – one of the first films to begin production following the Covid-19 shutdown.
      The star will be joined by Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare in the film, that takes place two years into a pandemic which, following an initial drop in cases, has spiked again, causing lockdowns to be reinstated as the virus continues to mutate.
      Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, the film centres on an essential worker – a delivery man dropping off goods and hope throughout the city – who has a rare immunity, but is unable to see his girlfriend during the crisis.
      According to Deadline, a plot description reads, “To be with the one he loves, he must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful, well connected family, helmed by a matriarch (played by Moore) who will stop at nothing to protect her family and maintain her way of life.”
      The film was set up by Adam Goodman and Andrew Sugerman from the company Invisible Narratives in partnership with Catchlight Studios and Michael Bay. Adam Mason is directing a script he co-wrote with Simon Boyes.
      The publication reports production on the project will be moving forward with ease, due to the social distancing that will be present onscreen as well as on set, thanks to the film’s subject matter.

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