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Mike Reyes

Strays Director Opens Up About Getting The Dogs To Hump Onscreen And Why The Trainers Were Just ‘Dying’ To Do An R-Rated Movie

The dogs of Strays humping various lawn ornaments, during a night scene.

If one wanted to make a movie like director Josh Greenbaum’s raunchy canine comedy Strays, it could easily be achieved through some sort of animation process. Or, if you want to go the traditional route, you could use real dogs that are meticulously trained to do things like hump various objects and just animate the voices. Choosing the second option, Greenbaum may have seemed nuts, but he had team as nuts as he was to take on the task of making this upcoming movie . 

The man who directed the comedy surprise Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar revealed the tricks of the trade in an interview with EW. Talking about how his crew was in a bit of disbelief about what was asked of them, Josh revealed a moment where he broke the ice with that fact, which led to a big ask: 

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