Fortunately, we got most of [the scene] done, but there was a moment when I said, ‘Don’t ask me to do another take right now, because it’ll be one of joy.’” The news caused a “general euphoria” on the set, Firth said—though “one or two Teamsters were disappointed.” The mood fizzled, however, when, later in the night, it was announced that California had passed Proposition 8, banning gay marriage. "It was hugely ironic and depressing, especially given that, we weren’t making a political film, but given the fact that [the film takes place] in 1962, and now California had voted to take us back past 1962" said Firth. “I remember going to and from work, past people with placards—families who looked just like the Strunks [his character George’s Leave it to Beaver neighbors], with lovely-looking, WASPy families, saying ‘Support Prop 8’ with their children—saying: Deny the rights for some people to love each other. Full Article at The Daily Beast