(Birds & Animals Unlimited did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. 1 concern, and that’s not what Berloni saw out of Gary Gero’s Birds & Animals Unlimited, the provider of Hercules and Hollywood’s go-to for all sorts of animal actors. Still, safety and comfort is an animal handler’s No. In addition, Berloni noted that the trainer tends to be the lone advocate for an animal’s interests on most Hollywood sets. That takes guts because it costs the production money.
HERCULES A DOGS PURPOSE MOVIE
“If that dog in that moment isn’t telling me, ‘I want to go in,’ then it’s like, ‘OK, guys, I don’t think we shoot this today.'”Īlso Read: 'A Dog's Purpose' Bitten by IMDb Users: 94 Percent Give Movie 1 Out of 10 But what I want to have is a dog that I’m holding back.
“Not knowing the situation, might have been that dog. “What I would do is have a swimming double dog, who loves jumping into crazy water,” he said. Oh, and you have to have the right animal. So what is the right way to film that scene? According to Berloni, whose animal training credits include “The Wiz Live” and “Billions,” everything in the dog-training game is about positive reinforcement, repetition and making it fun for the dog. That’s not what appeared to happen on the set of “A Dog’s Purpose,” which prompted an insider to expose the footage and PETA to call for a boycott of the Amblin Entertainment feature, which Universal plans to release on January 27.Īlso Read: 'A Dog's Purpose': Watch the Video That Outraged PETA “If an animal isn’t willing to perform, you have to stop there … for whatever reason,” Berloni told TheWrap.
Veteran Hollywood animal trainer Bill Berloni said it was “gut-wrenching” to watch the leaked footage from the set of “A Dog’s Purpose” showing a German shepherd named Hercules being forced into turbulent water - and that the trainers didn’t act properly to get the shot.
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