The BRRIP had already captured it. The world watched him break down. Then they watched him pull himself together, sing "Eye of the Tiger" to a python, and last the full two hours.

By Day 4, Vince noticed the crew whispering. The sound guy kept grinning. A producer pulled him aside. "Vince... have you checked Twitter?"

The first three days were hell. Vince lost the eating trial (kalamari tentacles, live), cried during a letter from his estranged daughter (real tears, not scripted), and accidentally set fire to the only pot they had for boiling water.

But the BRRIP had gone viral.