The Harder They Fall is a western, unlike anything we have ever seen! The Jay-Z-produced film features an incredible soundtrack with original songs just for the film, impressively decorated sets featuring hundreds of different shades of paint color, and all the real horse action we could ask for! Director Jeymes Samuel also penned the script and lent his music expertise to the songwriting and producing aspect of the movie as well.
Horses play a leading role in this movie and while we love seeing their work, Idris Elba wasn’t such a fan of his animal co-star since he, unfortunately, is pretty allergic to the majestic creatures. Where there are horses in a Western - there are loads of cowboy stunts - Jonathan Majors even insisted on performing all of his own. Everyone on their team committed one hundred and ten percent to this production and sometimes, that commitment to bringing the story to life could go a bit too far. During one big fight specifically, actors actually wound up making full contact with their fists, taken over by the heat of the moment! Even when they didn’t have rehearsal on their schedule, a couple of actors went ahead and rehearsed against what Netflix had wanted! Regina King and Zazie Beetz gave it their all and spent extra time rehearsing with their stunt doubles to make sure their big fight could be as epic as possible.
Making a movie this huge is tough, but it was made even more complicated by the fact that the pandemic hit them very close to home - Idris Elba coming down with Covid a few weeks into production. While it was a rough start, this team still managed to bring a brilliant movie to our screens.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:21 Practical Effects
00:44 Cowboy Stunts
01:16 Co-Star Allergy
01:56 Real Hits
02:36 Solo Rehearsal
03:06 Scenes on the Go
03:50 Train Scene
04:13 Movie Towns
05:27 Lasso Time
05:45 Rough Filming Conditions
06:24 Pandemic Struggles
07:06 Short on Time
07:34 Super Soundtrack
08:26 Outro

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Written by: Thalia GK
Narrated by: Serena L
Edited by: Maite Cambra


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