HEROES #3

When you're booked as union background on a tv show, it seems like everyone else is also union. I don't know if the crew knows this, but I don't think they really care. Anyway, when you know that everyone is union, it just feels like everyone is just a little more professional. But that might just be in my head.

I checked into the Sunset Gower Studios where I had worked on Dexter before. It was cool getting booked on Heroes again since it seems most people know what you're talking about when you tell them about the show.

I was hoping I would get to work at least three days a week as union and I'd been booked on this in between working on Couples Retreat. The first thing they asked was if anyone wasn't able to return on Monday. I think I was the only one who raise my hand. They didn't really care but they just wanted to know so that they didn't place me in a position that was really noticeable. That way, viewers wouldn't notice that I was missing all of a sudden in the later scene.

We were set inside what seemed like a bunker (later found out it was supposed to be inside a building). It was a long shoot, but I didn't mind since getting into double time meant $30 an hour. We got almost a full hour, but not quite. Still, working almost fourteen hours isn't easy no matter what you're doing. Sometimes, it's worse when you're doing less because boredom and standing around for long periods of time doesn't seem natural.