Actor’s on-set filming tricks winds up at a huge expense for Netflix

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21 Apr 2026 • 9:43 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, stars of the new season of Netflix's Beef, made an on-set decision that proved costly for the production.
  • The actors chose to listen to music via earplugs during filming to enhance their performances and match the rhythm of certain scenes.
  • This practice started when Isaac used an earwig for a synthesizer scene and found it beneficial, leading Mulligan to adopt the technique as well.
  • They used music for various scenes, including a passionate kiss where the beat would drop precisely on the kiss, and chaotic music for a blackmail scene to add tension.
  • However, these earwigs had to be digitally removed from the footage in post-production, a process creator Lee Sung Jin stated "cost a fortune to paint out".

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