Once they decided on a vampire/werewolf love story, the stage was set.
I love that it exists for no reason.
We have to do it sometime, somewhere.
The kickball scene from season 3 of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.FX Networks
It felt right for the story and I just personally wanted to see it."
She played with the idea of other “stupid vampire/werewolf sports” prior to landing on her final draft.
Using kickball as a replacement for baseball was a smart move, in more ways than one.
The kickball scene from season 3 of ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.FX Networks
Newacheck “really appreciated that because it gave a visual base.
It did have a lot of visual gags so I think it really supported the concept.”
The needle drop left fans appreciating the homage even more, because there’s noTwilightbaseball scene without Muse.
Something that wasn’t a part of the original scene, however, was the snow.
Sawyer remembered seeing her episode come to life for the first time and being shocked.
“I think I gasped out loud when I saw,” she said.
“If you watch it back, the amount of snow is insane.”
He then decided he wanted to take advantage of those wintry conditions: “That was a choice.
But there was also another hurdle that had nothing to do with the weather.
“No one knew how to play kickball,” said Newacheck.
They were like, ‘What is this?’
Some maybe, [some] no, and definitely Matt Berry was like, ‘What?’
But Harvey obviously knew what was going on,” said Newacheck.
It was some very funny stuff."
“People just dug it you know?
I know everybody who watched it was like ‘wow, you guys did it.’
Cause that’s such an iconic scene to pull from.”
Now thatWWDITShas tackledTwilight, they’ve got other ideas for vampire references to sink their teeth into.
Newacheck wants to see the cast take on the scene fromInterview With The Vampirewhere Brad Pitt eats rats.
“He’s just constantly eating rats.
“I know I put an Easter egg in this year.
There’s a little tiny one in this season.
I know, but it’s not much,” he teased.
