Last week was a very long week with my clocking in nearly 65 hours of work over 7 days. I was extremely tired after getting off of work last night that instead of attending a benefit party for actors in North Hollywood last night, I decided to crash in my bed and watch Feasting On Asphalt with Alton Brown...
Anyhow, lets recap the week shall we?
On Monday and Tuesday I had very early calls to set which made for very early waking times, such as 4:30am. I was booked on the next spoof movie by David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun), which is titled AN AMERICAN CAROL. I believe I heard that it is due in theaters later this fall. It has a decent cast for what it is, Leslie Nielsen, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight and Kevin Farley. There are some other recognizable faces, however, I'm not sure of the names. Most interesting to me of course was Kevin Farley. Kevin, if you do not know is the brother of the late Chris Farley. I had never really seen him in anything other than a few brief appearances in his brother's and David Spade's movies. He is a damn funny man. Between shots he would joke around with the crew and background actors, which is something I have yet to experience and don't believe I will again for a period of time. I'm not totally sure of the premise of the movie or his character, but I believe he is playing some sort of Michael Moore spoof. The film is a spoof of A Christmas Carol and Kelsey Grammer plays Ebeneezer Scrooge... again. I suppose we will find out if its worth watching in the future when the trailer is crammed down our throats every commercial break in a few months :)
On the set of American Carol, I finally met some decent human beings. I met a very nice woman named Nikki, who had recently quit her job as a substitute teacher to continue with her acting career that she loves, opposed to being stuck in a job that she isn't passionate about. I love it! I also met a girl named Lisa. She was so tiny that I had to fight myself all day not to ask her what her actual height measurement was. She looked to be about 15 years old, but I knew Central Casting does not work with anyone below 18 years of age so I assumed she was 18-20 years old. Eventually someone else asked her about her height and she was 4'10! I couldn't believe it. She hardly came to my chest. Standing by her made me feel like the Big Show / Mayweather match up last weekend at Wrestlemania 24 (which, I won't bore you non-wrestling fans with, but it was Ric Flair's final match. Very emotional evening for those of us who did grow up watching him in WCW and WWF). Even later I found out that she was 30 years old! She called me youngster! haha. Anyhow, 2 very cool gals I met there.
Next on Wednesday and Thursday, I went back to the high school homecoming dance via CSI: NY. A lot of people say they hated high school and would never go back, blah blah blah (I do believe those people will be first in line looking for info to the 10 Year Reunion in 2012.) I think mostly because it seems very fashionable to say so. Either that, or I just had a damn good time during those 4 years, I don't know. Anyhow, putting on my best suit and walking into the school "auditorium" which was decorated with balloons, candles, a punch bowl and the like, was very much a throw back to 2002. All the girls had their dresses on (and some still had the price tags on them so they could be returned, just like high school!) . I found it funny how most of the people that were cast as high schoolers looked to be about 35 years old... Grease anyone? Apparently there is some sort of murder that takes place during the dance and then Lt. Dan... I mean Gary Sinise comes to the school to investigate. During the dance scenes we were instructed to... well dance. Hands in the air kinda stuff. It looks good on camera, so I'm told. Of course there was the slow dance as well. It was very high school like in which all of the guys and girls scrambled to find who they wanted to be seen on national television with. I met and danced with a lovely gal named Rebecca. She was a California native and had been doing theater acting since the age of 15. Very pretty gal, with red hair, which I am a fan of... haha. Don't get too excited folks, she's married! She told me about her husband and that they had been married for 6 months and all that. My young high school heart was shattered... hahaha.
Quick note: Gary Sinise was wearing thee largest platform shoes I had ever seen to appear as tall as his female co-star. Very very funny looking.
I also, on the set of CSI: NY, met a girl named Jen. Easily the coolest and nicest person I have met in LA since my moving here. This was actually her first time working as a background actor. She had plenty of questions, most of which I could not answer... but we spend a good portion of the first day hanging out and talking about whatever came up. She is actually focusing more on a music career than acting but is looking for some extra income. I was actually taken by surprised to find that she was a contestant on season 5 of American Idol. I listened to some of her music and she is very very good. She has recorded a cover of Jewel's "I Was Meant For You" and it is very very nicely done. Jen was great company and I really hope to work with her again sometime soon.
I wrapped up the weekend at the movie theater serving pounds of popcorn for 3 days... ugh. I will get out of there. I must.
I'm getting a lot of feedback when I ask for tips on head shots. They should be coming soon. I'm just saving up a bit more before I decide what I will look like for a good while here in Hollywood... As far as movies... I don't think I really had time to watch anything much this week... Ah, I did watch David Fincher's PANIC ROOM again. I did not like it the first time I saw it, but I feel with each following viewing, I enjoy it much more. Very cool flick. Ihope to catch Walk Hard on DVD this week, along with Leatherheads in the theater. I am getting damn pumped about the new X-Files movie... speaking of, my most anticipated list... I keep promising without delivering, but it is in the works, I swear hah. I'm just trying to line everything up in order of which I am most excited about. I will keep you posted!
Well, to wrap this week up, thanks for reading. I love seeing your comments back on my blogs so keep that business up. This week so far I have been booked on SHARK, another show I have never seen before... James Woods is in it... So, check out the links below and I will update you again as soon as I can. Take care!
My new friend Jen's music Jenny Lane
An American Carol on imdb: An American Carol
Until next time,
Arthur
2 comments:
What a busy hairy man you are!
That's funny that Kelsey Grammer is playing Ebeneezer Scrooge again.
Hey its Kristina..just wanted to stop by and say hi! Sounds like you are having an awesome time!
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