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Tremors: Making Perfection

Kevin Bacon | Tremors: Making Perfection #6

In this episode of Making Perfection, actor Kevin Bacon talks about the circumstances that led to him joining the Tremors cast as Val, and what it was like to shoot the film in the middle of the desert while his wife was about to give birth at any moment.


Welcome to Tremors: Making Perfection - the podcast. Join your host Michael Gross every Friday for the next 6 weeks as we go deep on the making of Tremors, with the people who made it. From the very first draft of the script that birthed the graboids, to the challenges of filming in the middle of the desert, the cast and crew are going to tell you everything you need to know about the monster movie that became a cult classic. So grab-oid yourself a seat, and let’s make perfection.


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