The Werewolf was originally supposed to be shown only in sparse and quick cuts; for that reason, Baker intentionally sculpted it with a fixed expression. "That's one reason he's sculpted with an extreme kind of expression to begin with. I was worried that if we rely totally on the mechanism to make the expression that they would use a part when it isn't really making an expression - you know, we'd shoot something but they'd cut in before or after when it was [emoting] so I thought if it's only going to be this long, let's make it look scary. No matter, even if we're not pulling any cables or doing anything." What Baker had not foreseen was that Landis would be so satisfied with the Werewolf that he decided to show the creature far more than originally intended. "I became enamored of Rick's work, so I showed it too much. I still think when I see the movie you see it too much. My favourite shot of it in the picture is the guy in the tube, when he collapses on the escalator and looks down, and the wolf enters like that at the bottom of the escalator. That's my favourite shot because it looks so fucking big! Like 'what is that?' You know? And you don't really see it, but you see it. I like that."

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