I don't think I can show my face at Modern again.

Victor actually took the news very well. The first question the actors ask me once I deliver the bad news is, "How do I die?" With Sarah Smyth (she played Lucy) I had to calmly explain to her that she burns to death at the bottom of a pit (episode 2). With Victor, I looked him straight in the eye and said, "We're going to shoot your face off." His response, "cool." Now comes the hard part... actually having to shoot someone's face off.

No one was happier to read about shooting someone's face off than our Prosthetics guy, Toby Lindale. You guys will get to see more of Toby's work in future episodes, trust me (i.e. Episode 4 is some of his best work). But for this episode, we had to focus on getting that shotgun to go off as soon as our stunt man opened the hatch. That particular scene was shot over two days. We filmed Hunter opening the hatch at night on location (Deep Cove Marina). The second half of the scene, in which the shotgun goes off, was shot on our Sound Stage. It enabled us to have more control over the stunt, blood splattering, actor falling back, etc.

With Victor leaving us, the rest of the cast and I are left in a quandary. Not only was Victor great to have on set, but also he was the one who got us into all the fancy bars and restaurants in Vancouver. It's going to be a long four months. I know how that poor receptionist feels.