as far as cooking those those dances yeah
they trained in the kitchens John went to culinary school
for a couple weeks immersed himself in our world
and then not just the technical stuff but he immersed himself
in all the little things and that's what makes it right the body movements the
body
posture the way we just the way John wears his apron
the way we fold our towels the towel was another thing I was really like kind of
strict about
it was like the towels we get
it was just getting all those little things right and
and that was the dance the dance is that
he was open to all those things and then they inform the story and inform what you
felt
and he became that and you had asked about
him the in the story that if it's his story
how similar it was when I wrote the script
not knowing anything I'd eaten from Roy's truck but I know anything about a story that
we're researching who to reach out to
to be a consultant and the people who work for me said
this this might be our guy and and I
read his story and I was like oh my god it's it's exactly what I wrote
we've we were hire him otherwise he might sue us
(laughter)
and I was really scared when I approached him because in
in hollywood that that's people don't like that kinda that's not a funny
coincidence to people in
and so I came out to visit him
at what is now pot which was at the time a construction site
and he'd look at the script in
and and I I followed him and he
walk me through everything went to all of his restaurants his trucks
and I watched him like Tony Soprano pick up the envelopes everywhere and uh
and but he he walked me through everything that he was thinking
as he looked through the walk in as he tasted the means is he
talk to the cooks is he had been fire up a few dishes of the menu
they told me what he was looking for what he was observing
and I literally spent six hours with him and then afterwards we hung out
and he said to me the and I said look you know I know this is very similar to
your thing and
a you you have tremendous insight you could
you know tell me what's real what's inaccurate about the script and share
your experience with me so I could
portray it as an actor as a director and what he said
really impressed me and this is what makes Roy a different
different kinda guy he said I'll do everything
you need I will always be there for you but you have to promise to honor
the culinary field and chef culture
he says hollywood usually gets it wrong and it's frustrating
and and there are a handful of films that have gotten it right
but it it's really a bummer to us and and if you're willing to go there all
the way
I'll make sure that you're trained all come up with menus and he was on the set
every day
I was expecting to set every day there was food and
but honestly a lot of people who hire a consultant will come up with a menu
the give some you know give the food stylists little direction
maybe pop in and say hi but he was there and and
when my was cooking he was you know he may as well have been directing
because he was there watching the monitor pulling me aside tell me.
getting really mad at me because I was hitting the spoon too hard on the thing is
like maybe I am being an asshole
I hitting the spoon on the thing no you're showing of you making too much
noise
I said but there's there's sauce on the spoon and I'm stirring and he's like then if
you tap it tap like this
ok don't don't bang it
a you know and and their all these little things that of course now that
I've learned to do it
little things like I wrote the script I wore my chef's coat
to the farmers market (audience comment)
imagine that movie.. yeah he's like you're not a douche bag
so but of course then
as I hung out many other chefs through Roy
and and started and we went to Top Chef in which judges and I spent time in his
kitchen and other kitchens
I start to understand the culture and all the subtle little expressions that
come with
the way you tie your apron the
way you carry yourself what you wear whether you wear a hat or don't wear a
hat with you wear a bandana how you wear the bandana
what kinda spoon you use what knives are in your bag and so every little detail
now most hollywood movies say who cares thats a small sliver of the audience that would
even notice
but honestly that small sliver the audience is what we built out from
because the people in the business all appreciate
that.