IGNFF: How long was it before you were able to attain a comfort level on the set?
NASH: The first night that we just walked through the fight scene, and I walked through it with the stunt guy first a couple of times and then Thomas came – because Thomas was finishing up some shots. It was probably around 8:00, and I could tell he was beat, because I saw on the call sheet that he had like a 5:30am call time. So he'd been there 14 hours already, but he wanted to go through it. One thing that's good is that I can remember a 20-minute match, let alone a 5-minute fight scene. As far as doing something physical like that, memory-wise – once you lay out what you want me to do, I don't need to go through it more than once. I think that was good, because we went through it, and then we went through it a second time, and then I just told the stunt coordinator that I had it and Thomas said he had it. I think Thomas realized that, "Okay, this guy's not going to be a stiff." But then at the same time, I know that when they hired me for it they were just like, "Now, you know you can't hit him... Our insurance won't cover if you do damage to this guy..." It was like, "You realize, you big goof, if you hurt him we don't shoot..."
IGNFF: And the irony in all this is that he stabbed you...
NASH: Yes. He actually stabbed me. Thank god he got me in the collarbone. He stabbed me right in the collarbone. If it had been up in the meat, who knows? He could have drilled that thing right in me pretty good. That would have been a nice one.
IGNFF: How exactly did that happen?
NASH: I guess one of the stunt coordinator guys didn't change the real butterfly with the retractable. And he went "shh shh shh shh" and he just looked at me. I'm not going to go, "*****." because I don't want to kill the scene. And he goes, "I just stabbed him." I go, "It's not that bad." And he goes, "No, it's bad. You're bleeding." I said, "It's not that bad," and I looked in the mirror and there was a little blood – because they'd squared the blade off anyway. So it was just a puncture wound. It was nothing. Poor Thomas... it was like, "Geez, man... I just stabbed this guy."
IGNFF: See, now that's how you bond on a set...
NASH: Exactly.
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