Throw Lines to Actors Cold — Don't Let Them Rehearse

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James Gunn's counterintuitive on-set technique: he writes new lines while shooting and tosses them to actors without rehearsal. He believes the freshness of a cold read produces a better performance than a prepared one. The director stays in active writer mode throughout production, treating the script as a living document that keeps improving in front of the camera.

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