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How Messi the Dog Pulled Off That EPIC Performance in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Of all the stars who attended the Oscars over the weekend,
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  Speaker 2: the one who probably made the biggest splash on social
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  Speaker 2: media Messi, the dog who played Snoop in Anatomy of
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  Speaker 2: a Fall. Some critics call his work in the film
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  Speaker 2: the best dog acting in cinematic history. If you haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen the film, this is a spoiler. Snoop gets poisoned
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  Speaker 2: and Messi is so convincing. There was concern he'd actually
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  Speaker 2: been drugged to pull it off, but his trainer just
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  Speaker 2: revealed how Messi nailed the performance. Telling Indy Wire, the
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  Speaker 2: training happened in steps. First it was learning to simply
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  Speaker 2: lay down and keep his head immobile. Then it was
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  Speaker 2: lifting the head and letting it fall without resistance. But
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  Speaker 2: the biggest key to Unlocky Messi's performance didn't come from
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  Speaker 2: hard work, but hard play. The trainer noticed something. After
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  Speaker 2: a vigorous game of fetch, he says, Messi got winded,
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  Speaker 2: laid down, and his tongue hung out. He says, quote,
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  Speaker 2: I realized this is what needs to happen to show
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  Speaker 2: that he's sick. And that was another important phase. Anatomy
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  Speaker 2: of a Fall streaming on Hulu starting March twenty second.
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