"The Curse" stunt coordinator Timothy Eulich shares exclusive behind-the-scenes videos and photos explaining how they shot that out-of-this-world finale.) wake up in their Española, N.M., home to discover that something is not right. In fact, it's very, very wrong. Asher, you see, is stuck to the ceiling — and he can't get down.insanity, as Asher and Whitney struggle against this sudden attack of reverse gravity, trying to get him back on the ground.
: Teague Uva, Jared DeWitt, Seth Duhame, Stunt Coordinator Tim Eulich, Matt Davis, Jessica Merideth, Craig Henningsen on the set of 'The Curse' finale.Every scene in the bedroom was shot twice, once in the right-side up set with Fielder attached to the ceiling by a wire and harness. "We built a channel in the ceiling so that he could move backwards and forwards. The channel had a pulley, and it was on a skate that would move along that channel.
"We called that the human orb," jokes Eulich. "That one was particularly complicated. We had two actors on two different sets with four different harness configurations, six different stunt rigs, just to get those 30 to 45 seconds of on-screen time."The rehearsal video above, with Meredith and her fellow stunt performer Craig Henningsen in the upside-down set, reveals a glimpse of the elaborate set-up.
"We would get everything set, roll cameras, everything's ready, cameras are rolling, and then we would bring them up into position," says Eulich. "And as soon as they were up in position, I had a person who would start the timer, and at 90 seconds they would cue me on the radio and whatever was happening, we cut and bring them down and give them a moment to rest.