Pete Davidson was half a minute from causing serious damage to his eye in order to get a rather intense shot for his upcoming horror movie The Home.
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday the actor explained there was a scene in his new movie The Home where a needle gets dangerously close to his characters eye. He did not assume until the day of shooting that the director wanted to capture the moment for real rather than use CGI.
Obviously, I read the script and was like, That wont be my eye. This is the movies! Itll be a CGI eye, Davidson said. If you can bring people back from the dead and put em in a movie, then thats not my eye.
Davidson arrived on set one day to find three doctors standing around waiting. Director James DeMonaco informed him they were there to facilitate the needle shoot and because Davidson had very recognizable eyes they wanted to capture the moment for real.
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I said, Even if that is me, no ones sitting there being like, Thats Petes eye, he said. No way.
Eventually, the SNL alum relented and allowed himself to be strapped down, his eyelids held open with a speculum, and a needle lowered dangerously close to his eye. Only once he had spent a bit of time in the precarious position did he hear that he might be in some real danger.
I heard, in the corner, one of the doctors went to the director and goes, Yeah, in about 30 more seconds theres gonna be some real damage, Davidson said. So I take the thing off. Im like squirting it with water and stuff. Im like, What the hell just happened?
Yeah, it didnt have to be your eye, Davidson said the director admitted after they got the shot.
The Home stars Davidson as a man who lands a job at a retirement home only to find that both the residents and caretakers are hiding dark secrets. It lands in theaters July 25.
Watch the interview between Davidson and Fallon in the video above.
