A bit-part actor's day on Eleventh Hour
Aug 21, 2008 19:07:09 GMT
Post by GreenEyesToo on Aug 21, 2008 19:07:09 GMT
Sounds like she had some fun:
In my scene, I worked with Rufus Sewell, and Marley Shelton. <.....> I was standing there before the other two were, so they had me rehearse with their stand-ins. The director gave me a note to hit the male stand-in with the medical file I was holding. I started thinking "Did I miss something in the script? Am I suppose to be angry? Whassupwiddat??" But time is money, so I figured I'd do it for the rehearsal & take a few minutes afterwards to figure out what I had missed. I rehearsed, and I hit the guy (not hard - the file folder only had 2 sheets of paper in it) in the chest.
Afterwards, I took some time to go over the scene again & didn't see anything spelled out in the script that said I was supposed to hit dude, but I decided to just go with it. (Bad idea.)
When the two leads came in, and the director called "Action!" I did it exactly the same way. I walked, I said my line, I hit my mark, and I hit Rufus Sewell in the chest with the file folder. The director yelled "Cut!" then proceeded to tell me that he was only joking when he told me to do that.
Thanks, man.
We all had a laugh, I apologized to Rufus, then I introduced myself to Rufus and Marley (cart before horse, I know). One thing that I knew I'd blog about even as it was taking place is that, between takes, I overheard Rufus & Marley discussing David Mamet's writing. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop (I really wasn't), so I don't know which genre they were talking about (stage plays, screenplays, or film scripts), but I like it when artists are able to converse about other artists who have had an impact on their craft. It's just kinda cool.
Everyone was very nice. Not just cordial, but nice. My portion of the shoot only took about an hour! It was a very different experience than when I've worked at "Boston Legal" in the sense that the David E. Kelley team has worked together for so long now that they are a well-oiled machine. The "Eleventh Hour" team is still new (this is only episode 2), and finding their wheels.
After I was done, both Rufus, and the director made it a point to say "thank you" and "goodbye" to me. It's such a simple thing, but it felt good to be personally acknowledged.
backstage.blogs.com/unscripted/2008/08/nicole-j-butler.html
In my scene, I worked with Rufus Sewell, and Marley Shelton. <.....> I was standing there before the other two were, so they had me rehearse with their stand-ins. The director gave me a note to hit the male stand-in with the medical file I was holding. I started thinking "Did I miss something in the script? Am I suppose to be angry? Whassupwiddat??" But time is money, so I figured I'd do it for the rehearsal & take a few minutes afterwards to figure out what I had missed. I rehearsed, and I hit the guy (not hard - the file folder only had 2 sheets of paper in it) in the chest.
Afterwards, I took some time to go over the scene again & didn't see anything spelled out in the script that said I was supposed to hit dude, but I decided to just go with it. (Bad idea.)
When the two leads came in, and the director called "Action!" I did it exactly the same way. I walked, I said my line, I hit my mark, and I hit Rufus Sewell in the chest with the file folder. The director yelled "Cut!" then proceeded to tell me that he was only joking when he told me to do that.
Thanks, man.
We all had a laugh, I apologized to Rufus, then I introduced myself to Rufus and Marley (cart before horse, I know). One thing that I knew I'd blog about even as it was taking place is that, between takes, I overheard Rufus & Marley discussing David Mamet's writing. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop (I really wasn't), so I don't know which genre they were talking about (stage plays, screenplays, or film scripts), but I like it when artists are able to converse about other artists who have had an impact on their craft. It's just kinda cool.
Everyone was very nice. Not just cordial, but nice. My portion of the shoot only took about an hour! It was a very different experience than when I've worked at "Boston Legal" in the sense that the David E. Kelley team has worked together for so long now that they are a well-oiled machine. The "Eleventh Hour" team is still new (this is only episode 2), and finding their wheels.
After I was done, both Rufus, and the director made it a point to say "thank you" and "goodbye" to me. It's such a simple thing, but it felt good to be personally acknowledged.
backstage.blogs.com/unscripted/2008/08/nicole-j-butler.html
