Figgis directed four roving cameras to capture the satirical psychodrama about a group of L.A. denizens, including an aspiring actress (Hayek), a studio exec (Skarsgård), his wife (Burrows), and the actress' love interest (Tripplehorn), who changes the fate of everyone involved. The completed film will show all four angles at once on the big screen.
Without the usual wagon train of Winnebagos common to most Hollywood productions, few passersby realized that the ''Leaving Las Vegas'' director was actually shooting a movie. When Figgis filmed Hayek in a scene on Sunset Boulevard, a group of unsuspecting fans stepped into camera range and started yelling ''Salma! Can we have your autograph?''
In another scene, Hayek's costar Leslie Mann was applying lipstick in an illegally parked car's rearview mirror when a real-life cop told her to move it along. Even celebs were caught off guard. ''Once, Whoopi Goldberg walked by and wanted to know what I was doing,'' says Hayek. ''I had to say, 'Shhh, Whoopi! I'm filming a movie.''' BUZZ FACTOR: 6
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