‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 10 / May 21st, 2003

Shaun of the Dead Photo-a-day / May 21st, 2003

Here’s a morsel of a deleted scene. I had seen an ice cream van with the amazing slogan ‘Often Licked, Never Beaten’ and had the idea to see zombie kids snacking on an ice cream man. We shot it from inside the Jag as a travelling POV shot.

Shaun of the Dead Photo-a-day / May 21st, 2003

But it didn’t quite work.

So it was cut from the movie. Luckily we still have those B&W pictures as proof of the abandoned idea. I feel no guilt about getting young kids to finger the inside of a bloody ribcage. I am sure they are all well adjusted adults now.

Shaun of the Dead Photo-a-day / May 21st, 2003

  • http://twitter.com/xfsista Julie

    I see blood and ice cream was already sneaking in as a theme.

  • http://twitter.com/Mikerhinos Michaël Dufour

    Dammit Ed, couldn’t you release a “Shaun of the Dead : Director’s cut” edition ? With the deleted scenes, commentaries track etc…

  • http://twitter.com/rondertaker ron bauerle

    maybe it would have worked if you had blood splatter to cover up the slogan leaving only “EATEN” at the end

  • Harmony Baudelaire

    I love this! I think I still have some of the photos from that shoot, I’ll have to post them to the Peggster facebook page.

  • AmberGrindstaff

    ah the blood on the ice cream van!!

    • http://twitter.com/thisisobject Object. Rob Birchall

      Or the ice cream man had an accident with the raspberry sauce :)

  • http://twitter.com/bnotess Brian Notess

    I would love to see their little faces smacking on delicious entrails… er, never mind. Great stuff, carry on.

  • disqus_MR8aSH8Xnn

    No matter how rubbish this scene was I feel need to watch it. Maybe some extras? Something? Somewhere?

  • http://www.facebook.com/marksthomas Mark Thomas

    Awesome. Needs to go in to a directors cut version I reckon.

    • http://www.edgarwrighthere.com Edgar Wright

      Nah. The shot was a bit rubbish.

      • http://www.facebook.com/marksthomas Mark Thomas

        Shame. Loving the daily pictures by the way. Great idea. How long was the fiming in total then?