![]() "So pretty much we partied for almost four days as well." People wanted to come meet us and go have fun," Bakhtiari said. ![]() "When we got there it was kind of like a spark, not only on set but off set. Max Handelman, a "Pitch Perfect 2" producer and husband of director and co-star Elizabeth Banks, said the Packers' arrival nearly two months into filming was a welcome break from some of the tension that can set in late during a project. Their Wisconsin hospitality proved to be infectious. We were serious at work doing the best we could, singing, doing the choreography when they were filming, but after we're like, 'Hey, let's go out, let's go party and anybody that wants to join, come join."' "To be honest, we were only there for four days, so we took it like this was our vacation/party time. It was a minor sacrifice in an experience Bakhtiari said was "a lot, a lot of fun" - on the clock and off. We'll take a big old steak for us to eat."' That's a big part of what we do, so we were kind of thrown off, like, 'Man, do you guys have any more food? PB&J and all these little frou-frous and fruit aren't going to really hold us over. "We're guys who need the nutrition and stuff. "They're eating lunch at 6 p.m., eating dinner at almost midnight," Bakhtiari said of the cast and crew's extreme hours. ![]() Long days of filming meant finding time to grab an actual meal wasn't quite the schedule 300-pound NFL players are accustomed to at Lambeau Field. "We started at 9 (a.m.) and some days we weren't done until 1 a.m." "We shot the same scene at least 80 times a day," offensive tackle Bakhtiari said. The five players, along with quarterback Aaron Rodgers' younger brother, Jordan, spent four days last summer on the set in Baton Rouge, La., getting the moves and vocals just right for their turn in the riff-off, an a cappella battle in which the all-female Barden Bellas take on other singing groups on everything from Sisqo's "Thong Song" to Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats." Lang, Josh Sitton and Don Barclay filmed their scene for the sequel to the 2012 surprise comedy smash. OK, maybe not actually starved, but there were a few hunger pangs involved when linebacker Clay Matthews and offensive linemen David Bakhtiari, T.J. Lang on appearing in ‘Pitch Perfect 2’Īs you're watching the Green Bay Packers in "Pitch Perfect 2" this weekend, know that those five players rockin' "Bootylicious" in another epic riff-off starved for their art.
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