Challenges of “Goth Boy” – Written By A Kid Ep 2 Behind The Scenes

MALE SPEAKER: How do they feel? LINK: Demented. I am ready to make video. The biggest challenge was figuring out how to put god-awfully large contacts in our eyes. Rhett’s never worn contacts a day in his life. Never put them in his eyes. So the first time he’s ever had to do it, they’re like three times as large as a normal contact. I can’t even tell exactly where you’re looking. Not only can’t I tell you what you’re feeling, but also I can’t tell what direction you’re looking in. RHETT: Have you gotten used to it yet? LINK: No. I don’t plan on getting used to it. It’s freaky. RHETT: I’ve gotten used to it. LINK: Yeah. MALE SPEAKER: Yeah, baby. LINK: It’s like riding a bike. Turn this way. Look this way. Look this way. Look at me. RHETT: Is it freaky? LINK: And then we determined that for the final scene of the whole thing, I had to wear them too, which I had never put contacts in my eyes ever. My wife puts in her contact every day, and I have to leave the room. It freaks me out. I get queasy just thinking about it. But you know what? I sucked it up, and I did it. RHETT: You sucked it up. LINK: I’m a man in a two-year-old’s body. Literally. RHETT: Well, you have one attached to the front of your body. LINK: I’m a man with a two-year-old’s body dangling in front of me. You know, in order to get these– they’re called full sclera contacts– you have to get a prescription. Even though Rhett, he doesn’t need a prescription– RHETT: I don’t need contacts. LINK: –you have to go through an optometrist. Luckily, I have connections. Tony. His name is Tony. RHETT: Sounds like a back alley optometrist. LINK: He hooked us up. RHETT: Tony! Ay! Hook me up with some, you know, full scleras. Ay. LINK: No, it’s Triangle Visions in Raleigh, North Carolina. RHETT: Oh. OK. LINK: Cha-ching. Like I got paid for that. That means that the second biggest challenge– every position I had to get into, it was like a level three yoga position while in a skin-tight green suit. It was awkward and painful. RHETT: For me, the biggest challenge was the range of emotions that I had to keep in my face. LINK: Show me happy. Show me sad. Show me puzzled. Show me distraught. RHETT: It’s pretty easy, actually. There’s no challenges for me other than getting these contacts in. After that it was pretty awesome. LINK: The lights were hot.

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