Wednesday, August 22, 2007

CALIFORNICATION

Californication stars David Duchovny as a Hollywood writer who fucks a lot of women. I left really early to get on set on time and had about an hour to spare. I thanked the lord and was able to nap for about an hour.

A shuttle bus transported us to the top of the Palisades to an empty lot where holding was. It was dusty but they had some tents up to shield us from the blaring sun. We hung out for awhile and finally got called on set. I was set-up on the third row, right on the aisle. I decided I would wear my old school Ray-ban Wayfarers to try to make that a consistent part of my background talent work. So far I've worn it to Shark, and I thought it would be fun if someone noticed that I was the same guy.

Duchovny's character is punched in the scene and as he turns, he spills his drink and uses a girl's head as support. She happened to be right in front of me and my suit got some doses of apple cider (which I guess is the industry standard for whiskey). In one take, the glass broke and shattered at my feet. It was at this point that I knew I had to talk to the AD.

I didn't know how to do it though, so I called Central to see what they would say. The booker was not very nice and as I was trying to describe what was going on, she firmly repeated, "what is the situation here?" So after a little explanation, she told me to ask the AD politely for some kind of bump.

Right before lunch, Jennifer, the girl next to me on the same row, spoke to Jeff, the 2nd AD about what they could do. He was in a foul mood and just told us, "let's see how the day goes."

The day wore on and after more and more takes, we were sent to holding where it got darker and darker. The sun began to go down and the view we had was extraordinary. It was the kind that made you wish you could hold someone's hand while you watched it.

Finally, the last scene for the evening had me sitting at a table with Marian. We pretended to drink coffee (she champagne) and had a server serve us water. In the first take, something I did made her giggle and that's when I began to pay more attention to her.

We finally finished about 10:30 pm, and I got my first "bump." You get one of these when you are required to do something extra such as inhale smoke or do something physical. In this case, I received a water bump and I can only hope it is as much as it costs to clean my suit.


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