Safety Not Guaranteed was one of those surprisingly endearing movies for something based on a meme. It scored 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and was included on our list of 10 movies you should have seen in 2012. Inspired by a jocular classified ad asking for people to go on a dangerous time-traveling mission, in which safety could not be guaranteed because “I’ve only done this once before,” the movie starred Mark Duplass (The League) and Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) and was directed by Colin Trevorrow, who went on to direct Jurassic World.
This weekend, the writer of Safety Not Guaranteed, Derek Connolly, watched the movie and live-tweeted it. He cleared up so many questions we didn’t know we had, like how many times did Aubrey Plaza want a toilet to be cleaned before she’d stick her head in it (ten times) and how much alcohol was involved in the writing process (a lot, much like the writing process of this post). Check out our favorite tweets below. Thanks to Super Punch (and alcohol) for the assist.
The questions Darius gets asked in her job interview are the same I got asked at Valencia's Macaroni Grill when I first moved to LA
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
Aubrey made them clean the toilet 10 times before she put her face in there. Spoiled actresses
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
The guy who wrote the original classified ad, John Silveira, is the man with spectacles in the post office
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
I gave Kenneth the last name Calloway because it has callow in it. On the nose? #SafetyNotGuaranteed
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
Hey who needs a BDSM movie in the theaters when we have a YTMND movie at home right now #SafetyNotGuaranteed
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
The laser warehouse infiltration scene is @colintrevorrow 's first day directing a feature #SafetyNotGuaranteed #JurassicWorld
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
Mark nailed the campfire song in one take. #SafetyNotGuaranteed
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
I wrote in the script that the song was Van Halen's "How Do You Know When It's Love" but the licensing would have cost more than the movie
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
I wrote SNG drinking alone in the room I still shared with my ex-girlfriend who had just dumped me
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
Right now I'm drinking alone in Chuck Norris' old house. I won? @chucknorris
— Derek Connolly (@connollyderek) February 14, 2015
