Likewise, Welch walked a balance beam, but not 100 feet high. 'I did a version of the jump, but harnessed in and on a stage and on a fake cliff that they had built,' Welch said. For close-ups, Welch and her co-stars were able to perform safer versions. Stunt men and women performed the most dangerous tasks. 'For scope, sometimes they actually made the challenges higher or faster,' Oliver said. Oliver said in some cases, the stunt department made the challenges more dangerous than she had originally written.

In developing the Amazon series, Oliver said she worked with her stunt team to adapt the Panic challenges to the screen. In the story, past competitors have died attempting Panic challenges. Those fears manifest literally when Panic challenges Heather and friends to jump off a cliff into a lake, or walk a balance beam over 100 feet above ground. In this gritty, spellbinding novel, bestselling author Lauren Oliver delivers a gripping narrative of friendship, courage, survival, and hope.'The fears of not knowing what you're going to do next and who you really are - those are things that never really go away,' Welch said. Everyone has something to play for.įor Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them-and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most. But what he doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game he's sure of it. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.ĭodge has never been afraid of panic. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. THE TV TIE-IN TO THE MAJOR NEW AMAZON PRIME SERIES

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