 Were you riding your own horse in Lessons?
Yes, we’ve got nine, and Sarah works with twenty two at the farm now, where Sarah works. The horse’s name is Otto, by the way.
We scouted locations on the Friday. There was glorious sunshine, and I said to Joss, “If you want a vista, come up to the farm and check it out." There are beautiful rolling hills.
We had a big struggle, because he wanted me to ride without a crash hat, and the reason we have the farm is because a dear friend of ours came off her horse, not wearing a crash hat, cracked her head open and died. She left Sarah some money, and that’s how we were able to invest in the farm, so we felt quite strongly about not showing riding without wearing a crash hat.
I showed Joss me in a crash hat and he said, “It’s not quite the image I was looking for.” So we conceded and said, “Alright, but only at a walk.” But, ultimately, it’s only a concession and it isn’t right. In fact I balked recently when somebody else asked me to do a riding shot.
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