10. The Daily Life Of An Imaginary Billionaire’s Wife
To be the perfect specimen of an imaginary billionaire’s wife that is being viewed by millions of fans, it takes more than a few simple efforts to pull off the illusion. This was the life of Dakota while shooting the films.
There were the daily workouts we described above. Those all happened in a 50-foot trailer gym that was on the set. There was the daily regime of what she can eat. For Dakota, this was a steady diet of lean meats, quinoa, vegetables, and healthy juice blends. All of her food was prepared by a chef in Vancouver and brought to her on the set. The diet was simple, nutritious, and stayed the same for the many months of filming. There was no time or inclination to go out to dinner at fancy restaurants or to enjoy lavish parties.
During her time off from filming on the weekends, she would sneak away to go horseback riding. This was her guilty pleasure because horse-back riding or any other activity that might result in a physical injury to an actor playing a lead in a film is prohibited by the insurance company of the film. If she fell and broke an arm or a leg it could delay the production and cost millions. Luckily, she got away with this secret indulgence.
9. The Risky Scenes Were Not Fun
Even though the hot scenes comes through on the screen, Dakota’s actual experiences during filming were a mixed bag of amusement, anxiety, and having panic attacks.
The amusement came when she had to teach her co-star how to remove her underwear. When rehearsing this together, the two of them found the whole process so hilarious they could barely stop laughing.
The anxiety came because Dakota never did such things before. In making a film, a scene can be repeated many times. Each performance has to look as if it is created as a convincing illusion of reality. There is nothing that fun about doing the same pretend act dozens of times for the camera and in front of a crew.
In some scenes, she is confined and not able to speak or see. Even though there was a safe environment, the physicality of being deprived of her normal senses over a long period caused her to have panic attacks.
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