"The first day I got to set-the first scene I did was with a flamethrower!" Hill shares incredulously. Yes, a real, working flamethrower. Hill's been known to light up the stage and the screen-in shows like Somebody, Somewhere and Drag Me To Dinner-but while filming Jackpot! there was a very real chance he was going to set the screen on fire.
As Hill recalls, he was assured the staging of the flamethrower shot had been previously tested with a professional-albeit with a stunt guy two times his size. So, when it was Hill's turn to hold up the fire-spewing contraption with one hand, as had been planned, he quickly realized he didn't quite have the upper-body strength to hoist it the same way.
Hill says the production crew were quick on their feet, devising some tricks to help him hold up the heavy device-with both hands of course. But he still couldn't believe he was being entrusted with a flamethrower while filming Jackpot! in a scenario so outlandish that it felt like a Looney Tunes cartoon.
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