THE MENTALIST
I'd been on this set before while playing hooky on Eleventh Hour. Apparently, it's a college town, Ivy League-type, but I didn't get a sense of whether the show takes place in this town or whether our lead is visiting just to help.
I was cast as a college student walking around campus. It was simple work but the sun made working brutal. For some reason, it seemed like the sun's rays were more powerful than usual. To top it off, I was wearing a sweater since the scene is supposed to take place in the Fall. Everyone was hot as hell and ran for shade as soon as the take was over.
My interesting meet of the day was a Colombian girl who just moved to California from Florida. What a vibe she had. So positive, ever fun loving and almost innocent. I say almost because she partied at the University of South Florida and she's basically living in the States on her own (but likely with the parents' help).
It was such a contrast to another girl I was paired up with who was so over the Hollywood scene. It's not that she minded being on set. No, it was more of being so sick of fake people and the values they have. Even though I was trying to be real, she struck me as someone who didn't really want to make conversation because she'd seen it all.
We got into talking about the pressures celebrities face in show biz and she commented how we have no idea the kinds of things they face. When everyone is trying to take advantage of you for their own benefit, how can you tell what is real anymore? That, she argued, is why they get into really stupid things like drugs, sex tapes and other publicity stunts just to stay "popular." Ultimately, she didn't want to blame them and I suspect she felt that I was being judgmental.
Surprisingly, we wrapped early. We weren't fed and I was hungry (since it was afer 1:45p). I wanted to work out but instead, I ate and then got a call to go out for Joyce's graduation celebration at Memphis bar.
And that's when I got into a long and argumentative discussion with JD about the reasons why he wasn't going.
I'd been on this set before while playing hooky on Eleventh Hour. Apparently, it's a college town, Ivy League-type, but I didn't get a sense of whether the show takes place in this town or whether our lead is visiting just to help.
I was cast as a college student walking around campus. It was simple work but the sun made working brutal. For some reason, it seemed like the sun's rays were more powerful than usual. To top it off, I was wearing a sweater since the scene is supposed to take place in the Fall. Everyone was hot as hell and ran for shade as soon as the take was over.
My interesting meet of the day was a Colombian girl who just moved to California from Florida. What a vibe she had. So positive, ever fun loving and almost innocent. I say almost because she partied at the University of South Florida and she's basically living in the States on her own (but likely with the parents' help).
It was such a contrast to another girl I was paired up with who was so over the Hollywood scene. It's not that she minded being on set. No, it was more of being so sick of fake people and the values they have. Even though I was trying to be real, she struck me as someone who didn't really want to make conversation because she'd seen it all.
We got into talking about the pressures celebrities face in show biz and she commented how we have no idea the kinds of things they face. When everyone is trying to take advantage of you for their own benefit, how can you tell what is real anymore? That, she argued, is why they get into really stupid things like drugs, sex tapes and other publicity stunts just to stay "popular." Ultimately, she didn't want to blame them and I suspect she felt that I was being judgmental.
Surprisingly, we wrapped early. We weren't fed and I was hungry (since it was afer 1:45p). I wanted to work out but instead, I ate and then got a call to go out for Joyce's graduation celebration at Memphis bar.
And that's when I got into a long and argumentative discussion with JD about the reasons why he wasn't going.
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