JOURNEYMAN
Journeyman is a Fall NBC series that has just started filming. It's about a man who travels back in time to help people.
I got booked on this show and was hanging out with my friend Jarvis when I got the call. I didn't have pen and paper ready, so I wasn't sure what role I was filling. So when I called-in to find out what my call-time was, there were so many descriptions of roles, I didn't know which one was mine.
So I decided I'd go with the earliest call-time which was 11:30 am. I figured better early than late since the other times were 1pm and 7pm. The shoot was near the Union Station in downtown LA. I tried to check-in and found out I was supposed to be there at 7 pm. I wasn't the only one as there were two elderly Chinese ladies that were in the same boat.
I figured I'd make best use of my time and decided to go to the Hustler casino in Gardena, just off the 110 freeway. I played some 3-6 poker and won about $40. On the way back, I met up with Jarvis who finally paid me my $40 that he's owed me for I don't know how long. While we were blowing some trees, he confided in me that I was one of his better friends and that he didn't really have that many of them. This was at a point when I was ready to drop him as one. I was fed up with not getting paid and didn't feel like I could trust him as much as I used to. At this stage, I'm still going to keep an eye on him and see where it goes.
I got back to set and finally got my voucher which listed me as a reveler/tourist. As the PA handed me the voucher, he said, "play on player." I found that a little unnerving because I don't think I look like a player, nor do I think I act like one. It didn't surprise me to see that he was a white boy.
The holding area was set-up in a white tent and on a hot day, that shit feels like global warming. The most interesting situation came-up when the PA asked everyone to split up between union and non-union. There must have been about 50 extras with about six of them white. When they split-up, all the union folks were white and all the Asians were non-union. First it shocked me, then it didn't and then I got philosophical and political.
We were finally called on-set late in the evening, about 12:30 am. However, I decided to take the PA's instructions literally and since he didn't call any revelers or tourists, I stayed put. That's when I met Joseph, a Filipino guy who's also a dealer. He just arrived about three years ago. He started telling me stories that made us both laugh out loud. I then started to realize that these stories would make a really funny movie. Since there are so many teen sex comedies out there right now, why not make one with Asians? So we decided we should start writing one and see where it leads us.
There were quite a few cuties on set so when we all finally got on set, I made it a point to try to talk to them all. I met a Peruvian chick who looked Pinay, a Thai chick who filled out her jeans really well, a Chinese dude from Boston, a Cal State Fullerton film student and a Kazakhstan chick who looks Asian and has a Persian name. The only actors I recognized on-set was the lead Kevin McKidd and Laura Innes who looked like she was directing.
I got home about 4:00 am and just knocked out. I'll have to do this again tomorrow for Chuck.
Journeyman is a Fall NBC series that has just started filming. It's about a man who travels back in time to help people.
I got booked on this show and was hanging out with my friend Jarvis when I got the call. I didn't have pen and paper ready, so I wasn't sure what role I was filling. So when I called-in to find out what my call-time was, there were so many descriptions of roles, I didn't know which one was mine.
So I decided I'd go with the earliest call-time which was 11:30 am. I figured better early than late since the other times were 1pm and 7pm. The shoot was near the Union Station in downtown LA. I tried to check-in and found out I was supposed to be there at 7 pm. I wasn't the only one as there were two elderly Chinese ladies that were in the same boat.
I figured I'd make best use of my time and decided to go to the Hustler casino in Gardena, just off the 110 freeway. I played some 3-6 poker and won about $40. On the way back, I met up with Jarvis who finally paid me my $40 that he's owed me for I don't know how long. While we were blowing some trees, he confided in me that I was one of his better friends and that he didn't really have that many of them. This was at a point when I was ready to drop him as one. I was fed up with not getting paid and didn't feel like I could trust him as much as I used to. At this stage, I'm still going to keep an eye on him and see where it goes.
I got back to set and finally got my voucher which listed me as a reveler/tourist. As the PA handed me the voucher, he said, "play on player." I found that a little unnerving because I don't think I look like a player, nor do I think I act like one. It didn't surprise me to see that he was a white boy.
The holding area was set-up in a white tent and on a hot day, that shit feels like global warming. The most interesting situation came-up when the PA asked everyone to split up between union and non-union. There must have been about 50 extras with about six of them white. When they split-up, all the union folks were white and all the Asians were non-union. First it shocked me, then it didn't and then I got philosophical and political.
We were finally called on-set late in the evening, about 12:30 am. However, I decided to take the PA's instructions literally and since he didn't call any revelers or tourists, I stayed put. That's when I met Joseph, a Filipino guy who's also a dealer. He just arrived about three years ago. He started telling me stories that made us both laugh out loud. I then started to realize that these stories would make a really funny movie. Since there are so many teen sex comedies out there right now, why not make one with Asians? So we decided we should start writing one and see where it leads us.
There were quite a few cuties on set so when we all finally got on set, I made it a point to try to talk to them all. I met a Peruvian chick who looked Pinay, a Thai chick who filled out her jeans really well, a Chinese dude from Boston, a Cal State Fullerton film student and a Kazakhstan chick who looks Asian and has a Persian name. The only actors I recognized on-set was the lead Kevin McKidd and Laura Innes who looked like she was directing.
I got home about 4:00 am and just knocked out. I'll have to do this again tomorrow for Chuck.
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