Live-tweet watch party with director Edgar Wright sharing storyboards and tales from behind-the-scenes – plus a cast reunion table read.
This treasure trove of behind-the-scenes goodies, promo clips, source materials, and of course trivia, reveals the amount of thought and attention to detail that went into creating writer/director Edgar Wright‘s film adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim vs The World.
a) Look at this squad b) I miss @amoebamusic Hollywood. #ScottPilgrim #watchwiththeacademy pic.twitter.com/LB7YRI8ebp
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
Teaser Trailers
Such great editing: punchy previews which hook you with rhythmic editing – yet reveal almost nothing of the dazzling visuals the film has in store…
In 2 hours, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy, but first enjoy this little taster we made for online marketing back in the day (c/o @osymyso)… pic.twitter.com/2gNOGT2HnQ
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
In 90 minutes, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy, until them let’s have another little @osymyso teaser…. please enjoy: 'YEAH' pic.twitter.com/xWHO7pKp8b
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
Script Pages
In 5 minutes, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy but before then please enjoy the screenplay for the opening scene (by @michaelbacall & me). pic.twitter.com/B2pWDdJ9nU
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
Here's what we wrote with @BRYANLEEOMALLEY for this ending. I LOVE his line for @ellenwongster x #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/8hNL44Z65g
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Storyboards
As you probably tell, this film was boarded to within an inch of its life. To do all the transitions, we had to plan it all out like crazy. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy… pic.twitter.com/BSvbGyoGfz
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Check out how close this is to the boards for this scene. Animation and all. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/jNNf0snews
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This whole end sequence was crazy complicated. As you can see… #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/8N8sMxfx1W
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Boards for the Roxy Fight. One of my fav sequences. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/fRVy5jBSqU
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Look at these amazing boards for the Twins Fight (and amazingly close to the finished thing) by my brother Oscar. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/xuyk8QkWEG
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Pre Vis
Update: while not part of Wright’s live-tweet-a-thon, this clip offers a revealing glimpse into how in-camera visual gags in the film were developed (via Glasgow Film Festival):
'He just left.'
— 20th Glasgow Film Festival (@glasgowfilmfest) June 23, 2022
.@edgarwright doing a pre-vis test on one of the best scenes in Scott Pilgrim vs The World 💥 pic.twitter.com/D00Hw8zFpl
Camera Tests
Mary Elizabeth Winstead nailing the look(s) of Ramona Flowers:
Ready, Steady… Watch!
This Universal 8 bit fanfare was made by @nigelgod. It never fails to make me smile.#ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That’s Nigel Godrich, who did the music for Scott Pilgrim vs The World, is the longtime producer for Radiohead and Thom Yorke.
The narrator in the movie is Barry, himself: Bill Hader. Would love to work with Bill again. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This opening scene was the real first day of the shoot. That doesn’t often happen. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/UoYrngeVBK
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Hello @ellenwongster. In his first cinema role ever! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
These are some photos from the rehearsal of the scenes in Still’s House. MC pretending to be mad at me. And Mark Webber (with watermarked script). #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/yMLownIzgp
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We made a massive living room set so we could crane back on this opening shot. Here’s the concept. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/ruPeJhurSE
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Building an entire set for a single “effect” shot – this technique will come up again in this movie, and it’s certainly turned up in the work of others since…
This is @beck playing this opening track. He did one take of this demo and that's all. This is the only take! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
These amazing titles were by @shynola! Originally this sequence didn’t exist but it was (namedrop) Quentin Tarantino that suggested we needed a proper title sequence just ‘let people fucking settle in’. He was right. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Shynola is also responsible for one of my favourite animated / motion design music videos, The Rapture’s ‘House of Jealous Lovers’:
These titles never ever get old for me. (Sorry by @shynolafilms!) #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The stage lights went out completely at the end of that last scene. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Check out the set for Scott & Wallace’s place. Very, very close to the book. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/MnWBEfMG4w
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Shout out to ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE @AnnaKendrick47 who may or may not be lurking on here x #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
It's the guy from SUCCESSION! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This NINJA NINJA game was animated by Tim Miller of Deadpool fame! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This is Plumtree on the soundtrack – whose song 'Scott Pilgrim' inspired the very title. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Please welcome @evilhag into the film! Sadly this was her last screen appearance. Where did she go??? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Please welcome @evilhag into the film! Sadly this was her last screen appearance. Where did she go??? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I miss Toronto. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/pqvjUggQb4
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
As you probably tell, this film was boarded to within an inch of its life. To do all the transitions, we had to plan it all out like crazy. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy… pic.twitter.com/BSvbGyoGfz
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I don’t know what we would have done with Kieran Culkin as Wallace. A genius. (Plus that’s @BENLEWISHERE on the left) #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/s85KnPxEXW
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The musical coach on set for Sex Bob-Omb with nothing other than Chris Murphy of @SLOANMUSIC. Canuck Rock Royalty. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/QPTDl76yK6
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Look out for 'FIGHT CENTRE' in the background. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Look out for a blink and you’ll miss it cameo from co-screenwriter @Michaelbacall on the left here. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/OkrsrTYngx
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I have loved this Frank Black track since I was 18 and STILL LOVE IT. 'I Hear Ramona Sing'. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Editing by first time (!) feature editors Paul Machliss & Jon Amos (later Oscar nominated for Baby Driver) #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love Alison Pill hiding in the plants here. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I may have actually been drinking this night. Don’t remember. Thank God I had @evilhag to lean on. #WatchWithTheAcademy #ScottPilgrimvstheWorld
— mark webber (@likemark) May 21, 2020
Kieran really threw keys at Michael's head here. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Kieran lay there for 15 minutes while we did that whole lighting transition from night to day. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Poor Knives! #JusticeForKnives #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Mr @likemark is so funny in this scene. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This is ONE SHOT coming up. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
When Scott closes the bathroom door, the set changes behind him. No green screen. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Intermission – first, here’s the bathroom scene / single take:
Now here’s Nerdwriter discussing this and other Edgar Wright in-camera comedy moves:
Ok, back to the twitter commentary…
A rare BTS shot of Ramona outside Scott’s place. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/6m4qchhzW0
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Loved @nigelgod's version of the Beginning Of The Journey.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This @nigelgod with @bssmusic track is called 'Hillcrest Park' named after the very same park in Toronto. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Here’s the costume sketch for Ramona Flowers as designed by the amazing LJ Shannon! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/oWEejYpxVS
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We really shot this flying in a park. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/kBDx73nMjs
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Mr @bryanleeomalley put me onto this Sade cover by Beechwood Sparks. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love that Scott plays a bass part on his fantasy make out. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
It will come as no surprise that this first setpiece at the Rocket too forever to shoot. Songs, fights, hipster chicks, Patel firing fireballs. I get exhausted just thinking about my shot list on any given day. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/uMTCm01l8T
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Please welcome again @AnnaKendrick47 who I think is still shooting cut-aways for this scene, 11 years later x #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I could watch Kieran hitting on the rest of the cast all night. Where's that movie? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
These songs by Toronto legends @bssmusic! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love your freakout here @likemark x #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
(internal voice) "Oh no! This is a nightmare!" #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
'Garbage Truck' is by @beck. He knocked out this and 31 other Sex Bob-Omb songs in 32 hours. No joke. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Edgar Wright directed the music video for Beck’s ‘Colors’:
Here’s some boards for the epic Matthew Patel fight. These ones are by my brother Oscar. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/ypeyMxaLGl
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Johnny Simmon's forgetting the words may be my fav shot in the film. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Can you imagine filming all this? I can't and I did. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/6tPlyUBVJ1
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Look at this later… here's the concept video for the Patel fight. From the amazing stunt co-ordinator and all around legend Brad Allan. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/mmg4JpzbQH
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love the animated version of @bryanleeomalley's art. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This Patel song was by @dantheautomator! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Too many funny reaction shots in that scene. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Shout out to the Seinfeld people for letting us use that sting. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
LOOK at Michael's quick change. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
^ Wright made Simon Pegg do this a couple of times in Spaced too…
MR @ChrisEvans. HIS BEST ROLE? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Don't do it Scott. #JusticeForKnives #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Getting dumped is just awful. But getting dumped to Teenage Dream by T-Rex… makes it a little better. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Johnny Simmons is a slept on comedy legend in waiting. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I like Blue Hair Ramona is the best Ramona. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This cast is really stacked full of ringers. What an ensemble. Thank you Allison Jones & Jen Euston. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
A rare photo of us shooting @JLO’s favorite scene. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/zGRUygcwWD
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Check out how close this is to the boards for this scene. Animation and all. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/jNNf0snews
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
BTW: The stills shoot for @CHRISEVAN’s Lucas Lee posters were indeed epic. Who wouldn’t want to see all of these? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/iWwMiPPpIu
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Oh you, want more Lucas Lee shots? Your best work @chrisevans! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/kYVQMP0TDF
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Casa Loma is one of the most overused locations in all Toronto shot films; hence the ironic joke – ’They’re shooting a movie here?’. They are ALWAYS shooting a movie there. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/zrWrbfCqWA
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Mr @ChrisEvans cricking his neck to the @UniversalPics fanfare should have ensured us a Best Picture nom. What gives @TheAcademy? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love this sequence. Chris is too fucking funny. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
BTW – that was director Don McKellar playing the director. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Michael Cera did a bunch of stunts, but look fast for some slick transitions to his fighting double (Chris Mark) and getting knocked over double (Riley Jones). SP Stunt team. I miss you. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/zryopckZJq
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Yes, that is @ReubenLangdon as Lucas Lee’s main double. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love @nigelgod riffing on The Warriors score here. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Crushing a coffee cup in slo mo and no Best Picture? Do we get one next year @TheAcademy?
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
It is 100% true that Lucas Lee’s response to ‘Big Fan’: ‘Why wouldn’t you be?’ was said to me backstage at a festival by Pelle Almqvist, lead singer of @TheHives. I must stress I love them dearly. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/0pK3zsGUIP
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The joke about Lucas Lee letting his stunt double do the wide shots while he gets blazed in his winnie was based on gossip about which ACTION STAR of the late 90’s / early 00’s? I like the reply if you guess right. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This cue has some @kidkoala scratching on it. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That was my real AD, Walter Gasparovic saying 'that's a wrap'. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Michael & Kieran are this century's Lemmon & Matthau. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Three months later, on the film’s actual 10th anniversary, Wright tweeted a bunch more BTS footage, including this previs:
Please enjoy this rough pre-vis for the Scott Pilgrim Jumps Out Of A Window gag, with me as Wallace, @chrismark2X as jumping Scott & his brother James as the other Scott in the b/g. Brad Allan on the camera! #ScottPilgrimIs10 pic.twitter.com/OXflna1xVZ
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) August 12, 2020
Back to the live-tweeting:
I made @brielarson do all her scenes without blinking to make it seem more 'anime'. And got the nickname The Blink Nazi. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This stunt is all in ONE SHOT. Michael runs off and his double Chris Mark ran out and jumped through. I can't believe Kieran kept it together. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The amazing @maebirdwing has entered the game.#ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/vvts3p42NB
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
How funny is @maebirdwing? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
My brain!!!! @michaelbacall @edgarwright #WatchWithTheAcademy
— mae whitman (@maebirdwing) May 21, 2020
Hmm… why does Ramona keep correcting ex boyfriends to exes? #WatchWithTheAcademy #ScottPilgrim
— mae whitman (@maebirdwing) May 21, 2020
Get ready for @evilhag to bleep up a storm. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love this cue by @nigelgod. It's called 'Second Cup'. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That last scene was shot in Toronto’s rather gorgeous Cabbagetown area. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/p1eSMn79tX
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I miss this bunch. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/vTROUeSIoG
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I forced everyone to take photos on a camera I’d just bought. Here’s one I took of Mary. #WatchWithTheAcademy #ScottPilgrimvstheWorld pic.twitter.com/tJPjuMc17r
— mark webber (@likemark) May 21, 2020
True. Michael's only day off. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy https://t.co/TPTEExpPSB
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We actually recreated the real @LeesPalaceTO at the studio in Toronto (I think Pinewood?). It was so true to life, that members of @metric and @bssmusic who visited the set were rendered dumbstruck by the detail. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/ZTq4VN91J3
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Some @BloodRedShoes on the stereo! LOVE EM. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I have that mind wheel in storage. It was a real prop. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Behold 19 year old @brielarson absolutely killing it as Envy Adams. NINETEEN! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/wPad0umzRZ
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This banger by @metric was recorded for their 2009 album ‘Fantasies’ but not put on the album as they were worried it sounded like a parody of Metric. Thus it was perfect for our movie. A standout song. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That last shot of Knives was later adapted into @EmojiMovie! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Here’s the costume sketch for Envy Adams as designed by LJ Shannon. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/BL6QHOLSxO
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Strong John Carpener Prince Of Darkness vibes on the score. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Johnny Simmons was cast on the basis of his 'THEY PUNCHED THE HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF HER HAIR' line reading in his audition.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
#ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
Here’s the concept sketch and the actual photos of the Lee’s Palace dressing room set and the adjacent alley. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/AxURvy9aZQ
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Mr @BrandonRouth kills the cleaning lady bit. He’s perfect in this. Love you BR. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/WZuENUByld
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This alley is based on the real one that is all Chuck Norris / Steven Seagal films shot in Toronto. Can any TO heads name it? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The bass off was recorded live by guitar heroes Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Jason Falkner. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This scene has so much happening in it. Lots of interior monologue lines, slow motion, Thomas Jane. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Thomas Jane & @ccollinsjr are legends. Vegan Police Forever. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Some ace digital hair flopping there by @frazerc & @dneg X #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That slow motion high five alone was better than all three Expendables films, surely? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Ladies and gentlemen, @EVILHAG. So strange, she essentially retired after this film. Couldn't better it? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
That was the Pizza Pizza at 558 Bloor Street West in Toronto. It’s opposite the now sadly defunct Honest Ed’s store. Is the Pizza Pizza join still there? Toronto, please confirm. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/95q6XeHBkH
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I want to say we shot this nightclub sequence in four nights and that in one of them I shot the most amount of setups I’ve ever done in a shooting day – something like 60 on two 35mm cameras. Insanity. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/g88ijUeRgF
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Amazing stunt choreography coming up by Brad Allan & Peng Zhang, who both worked with Jackie Chan. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love the shattering mirrorball in a moment and the Phantom Zone style shards. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Love this score track 'Roxy' by @nigelgod. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Amazing:
Here’s the rehearsal of Mary Elizabeth Winstead actually doing that flip in the Roxy Fight.#ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/ylictqcb46
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Boards for the Roxy Fight. One of my fav sequences. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/fRVy5jBSqU
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Please enjoy this rare BTS still of @maebirdwing’s fake leg going in for the kill. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/Y8Y0hlERva
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Hey @maebirdwing, you are so cool in this! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Hey @maebirdwing, you were so cool in this! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We had to feedback out @likemark saying 'cockblock' to not get an R rating. True! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/XufvXPaq1W
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This Battle Of The Bands landed at a point where everyone on the cast and crew was EXHAUSTED. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/qwNi0FfgVD
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I like that little chalk circle that's drawn onscreen. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Jason Schwartzman being a douche bag in slow motion is Peak Schwartzman. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This sequence is Cornelius Vs Beck. All my geeky music nerd dreams come true. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Please enjoy the bonkers concept art for this. Some of it by my brother Oscar. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/VvBE80yhUl
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I remember struggling to describe what the finished scene would be to these extras. "So there's a dragon over there. And a sonic yeti over there!' #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/Ey4DHZaK6r
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Look at these amazing boards for the Twins Fight (and amazingly close to the finished thing) by my brother Oscar. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/xuyk8QkWEG
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I forgot to shout out to the ring sound from 'Flash Gordon'. Big up 'The Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale'.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
#ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
Listen out for 'Under My Thumb' on the OST. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Hey, why don't we bring out Jason Schwartzman to steal the film in the last quarter? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love the sad version of 'Ramona' by @beck here.
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
I distinctly remember my DP Bill Pope watching these rushes of @AnnaKendrick47 and saying ‘I don’t think I ever have heard an actress talk so fast”. A screwball comedy legend born too late! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
^ Bill Pope, director of photography on Scott Pilgrim and a little film you may have heard of…:
There was a whole scene me and @michaelbacall wrote in the dark when Scott walked in that was a spoof of the Hero's Journey beats by Joseph Campbell. I must find it. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Crash zooms and shoelaces montage. My career high. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
At this point in the film @nigelgod's score starts to go into hyperdrive. So good. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Here is the amazing Chaos Theatre set, designed by Marcus Rowland. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/Yp1d2cBlYU
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The Pyramid VIP area was a real pain to shoot on… but worth it. Still gives me anxiety just thinking about those days though. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/oxVoBbEs5L
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Cera really went for it with this sword fighting. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
On a VFX pass a stunt performer got his tooth knocked out by Michael's double. I distinctly remember us all having to find the tooth on the club floor COVERED IN QUARTERS. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This is KNIVES OUT. @rianjohnson, expect a lawsuit. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This whole end sequence was crazy complicated. As you can see… #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/8N8sMxfx1W
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
He would then ask me, ‘Do you think anyone will be able to tell? Which shots I’m married in and which shots I was still single?’ 2/2 #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love all these overlays. Bryan's art was so inspiring to us all. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We actually got down to the final 7 on the bake off for the VFX Oscar. Amazing work all around by @frazerc & @dneg. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I was so lucky to have SUCH a fun cast. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This cue by @nigelgod: BOSS BATTLE, is amazing. And yes, I'm ashamed to admit that it's in my own gym mix. I know. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Jason Schwartzman also insisted on swallowing real chewing gum in every single take. He must have swallowed about ten pieces of gum. His wrap present from me was a colonic. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Jason Schwartzman also insisted on swallowing real chewing gum in every single take. He must have swallowed about ten pieces of gum. His wrap present from me was a colonic. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I love this cue. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Loved doing those still frame animation shots of Gideon being beaten up. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
You can hear Bill Hader in that last fight: GOOD…GOOD…COMBO! #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
The whole 'like, two hours' Gideon joke was part of the reshoots. We needed another cool pre-death line for him. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
As @likemark will attest, we threw real money down from the pyramid. Love Johnny Simmons trying to eat one. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Gideon alone was at least a couple grand in coins. Real money on the ground. That I was directed by @edgarwright to furiously pick up. So I did. #WatchWithTheAcademy #ScottPilgrimvstheWorld
— mark webber (@likemark) May 21, 2020
The wave of relief and laughter from the test audiences on this bit was HUGE. Mainly, the relief of there being no more fights. They have a 'lot in common'. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Michael is telling Nega Scott about his real brunch order at a Toronto joint … who's names escapes me… anyone? #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
This was the banana pancake place Scott is talking about: Saving Grace in Toronto. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy https://t.co/tYtZMzvioB
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
We rejigged this ending after the original ending split the test audiences right down the middle. @bryanleeomalley helped us write the new ending and came up with ace Knives line “I’m too cool for you anyway”. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Here's what we wrote with @BRYANLEEOMALLEY for this ending. I LOVE his line for @ellenwongster x #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/8hNL44Z65g
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Okay. It's 2.48AM here. I'm on my 3rd glass of wine. And this end makes me misty. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
I'd like to thank @likemark @maebirdwing @ellenwongster @evilhag @ChrisEvans @BrandonJRouth @AnnaKendrick47 @michaelbacall @bryanleeomalley and @nigelgod for joining me on this tweet-a-long. I love you all. #ScottPilgrim #WatchWithTheAcademy
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Post-Credits
33 TAKES. https://t.co/9ea5LmGIs9 https://t.co/4m87XOZmNj
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
In 50 minutes, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy, BUT before then, let's hear from the far-too-lovely-for-Twitter, the real Ramona Flowers, herself, MISS MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD. pic.twitter.com/KYQYfKT140
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
Me and Mary waiting to watch #ScottPilgrimvstheWorld for the first time on the big screen at @comiccon That was EPIC! pic.twitter.com/YXHymnSGjk
— Ellen Wong (@ellenwongster) May 21, 2020
#DeletedScene #2#ToddIngram deserved it.
— Brandon Routh 🇺🇦 (@BrandonJRouth) May 21, 2020
Forgot we made this till digging through old memorabilia!@AnnaKendrick47 got the best of me for sure…😄👊🏻#WatchWithTheAcademy pic.twitter.com/1HVfeitbwq
In 40 minutes, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy, BUT before that, let's remember when @JLO herself dub-smashed the Garlic Bread scene… pic.twitter.com/xkpFTerz2u
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
GET OFF MY TIMELINE LIN X https://t.co/glAyvmxzyp
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
In 10 minutes, I will live tweet #ScottPilgrim for #WatchWithTheAcademy & @netflix but before then please enjoy this outrageous photo shoot from @GQ in 2010 (that promised more nudity than it actually had). pic.twitter.com/o5pyywn2dm
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 20, 2020
Here's the closest thing we have to a Scott Pilgrim sequel right now. Enjoy. https://t.co/iDZMc41bpG
— edgarwright (@edgarwright) May 21, 2020
Further Viewing
For the film’s 10th anniversary (and as a fundraiser for Water For People), most of the cast reunited via Zoom for a table read of the script (most of whom haven’t aged and have become such huge stars in the years since):
In case you haven’t seen it: Every Frame A Painting gives us possibly the definitive guide, Edgar Wright – How To Do Visual Comedy:
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