Well, one pic. Here’s MISter GREg KINnear, in his big scene:
It’s an action film. You can tell by all the pyrotechnics!
This movie thing is actually getting to be sort of a drag. They started setting up equipment on the street around 6 this morning. It was very loud. Mike and I had to be up early anyway because he left for San Fransisco today (I loathe that boyfriend-stealing city), so it wasn’t TOO bad. But once I got back from the airport exhausted and hungover I was pretty irritated. There is this crane that holds lights or something and they kept raising it up and then bringing it down over and over, and it made this terrible chainsaw sound. Ugh. I napped for a bit and then headed down to the makeshift Fresh Pot to gripe with the other displaced regulars, while at the same time angling for a glimpse of Morgan Freeman’s stand-in. The ballroom below me is being used as a “holding pen” (their term!) for extras. They are all dressed up in these cheesy hipster-parody clothes and look exhausted from being here all day occasionally being called to ride a bike 40 feet over and over in the hot sun. Ha ha ha! The price of fame! Some of my disgruntled neighbors are showing their displeasure at this brouhaha by blasting music out their windows, forcing P.A.’s to scurry around trying to appease and silence them. So far I’ve heard Led Zepplin (8am) and Black Sabbath (10am).
And now a tip for telling Morgan Freeman apart from his double…
*** His double has a beard!***
Wow. US Weekly should be banging down my door any minute. Any. Minute…
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Hrmph.
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My bus route is being re-routed to go around this thing. Someone told the driver that M.F. was in the movie and she said “oh, I LOVE him! That means it’s gonna be SUSPENSE!” Which, from this picture, appears to be the truth of it.
thats awesome about the radios. heh. no wonder movies are so expensive to make.
i think solveig ruined a take today when we were in the bushes sorta near mississippi and a dog came up to her (hey, it may be the ersatz fresh pot, but its still the fresh pot — fulla dogs), and she doesnt really take well to that so started wailing. all kinda walkie-talkies started squacking and people running around looking for the source. we ran out the back! i wonder how many thousands of dollars of film that dog wasted. hehe
MIS GRE KIN
what does that mean?
one of the worst parts of being a PA is people expecting you to stop the real world from going about its usual business. i wonder how they got them to turn off the music.
Hey,why aren’t you an extra?It would be so perfect,you could actually be working from home!Hurry up and get some “boho” clothes and fake dreadlocks and very loudly leave your apartment as to get the directors attention.He will love you
They stopped the music by paying off the players. I was all set to demand $100 if they hassled me about taking my bike (which had been in the shot all day). They did hassle me, but didn’t really try to stop me, so there was no opportunity to ask for funds. Apparently they don’t think anyone will notice an adorable white bicycle missing from a coffee shot scene, but honestly, I think it will spoil the whole movie. They might as well call it off right now.
I love that your bike was in it! Seriously, why aren’t you an extra yet?
Willow, it will completely spoil the movie. Good for you.
San Francisco did not steal your boyfriend, Willow. Mike has cool hair, and Mike also has a sidekick.
Cool movie.