26th December 2011
In the garden, the actors idled in their hammocks, dragging their toes in the gravel. They had decided that, in the scene, they would call a waitress over and ask her what she thought of one scheme: a ‘heist’ date, in which Fred asks somebody out and then smuggles her into the local drive-in. The date would culminate with Fred and the woman pretending to rob, or maybe really robbing, the concession stand. MacLachlan genially laid out the scenario: ‘You actually put on a mask and go to the concession stand and mess with them a little bit.’ Wouldn’t the waitress enjoy a date like that? Wouldn’t she think that a guy who proposed it was daring and attractive?
The waitress was played by Annie Clark, the singer who goes by the name St. Vincent.
