Severe tensions during filming
From an interview with Damien Carter, the singer of "Hanging Out With My Family":
How was the experience on the Birdemic set?
DC: I don’t know how or why the filming of my scene turned out to be so great! There was a war going on in the place at the time of recording my scene. The war was between James, Alan and Whitney [Note: lead actors Alan Bagh and Whitney Moore]. As far as I could gather, James had a misunderstanding of what was going on between the two stars and he vocalized his concerns. So much so, that people from the other room heard the commotion, came over and tried to stop James from his attack, mostly on Whitney. I just wanted to record my scene and get out of there, but not without keeping Whitney from harm. James demanded he was going to drive her home and told Alan to leave! So he did, but I told James that I was taking her home. I had Whitney call her parents to inform them and I took her home, safe from harm.
I wonder what exactly that was about. It sounds to me like James Nguyen thought a real-life relationship had developed between Whitney Moore and Alan Bagh, and he tried to intervene (probably because he was jealous). If that's what happened, there might be a similar story to explain why Nguyen's second movie, Replica, fell apart and was never released.
In the behind the scenes clip for Birdemic 2, when it shows Nguyen screaming at people, I thought there was a chance the screaming was fake, part of a clever myth around Nguyen that was developed to hype the Birdemic movies. But now that I read this account from Damien Carter, I think it's true that Nguyen has an explosive temper.
Full interview with Damien Carter: http://cinedelphia.com/interview-damien-carter-of-birdemic/ share