It's a little nippy out

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

We just got back inside a few minutes ago from the set of Fun With Dick and Jane. We've been out there for a few hours watching the set from the balcony of someone else's apartment building (shhhh! Don't tell). We actually were able to sneak into the gated complex of the corner building. They're shooting some scenes with Jim Carrey a half a block down the road...again, but at a different store. I think Tea Leoni drove off after about a half-hour of us being there. Someone from the crew yelled out to a departing car, "Goodnight Tea!", and they drove off. It was pretty cool with the rain machine out there and seeing Jim Carrey waiting to shoot and doing some scenes. Mike tried to get a shot from an alley, but left just before Jim came out. When I sent him back he got caught. After that, he wanted to shoot from where we were, but security would have busted us in a second. Instead, Mike thought it would be a good idea to climb on the roof, which I thought was ballsy and showed his determination to get a good shot. So, after waiting to set up an external shot with the rain machine, they finally get ready to shoot and what happens? Here comes Mike off the roof mad that nothing's happening as they yell action and start the scene. I could have thrown him off the balcony! Three times he left his shot as it was about to happen! THREE TIMES!!! ...and how many did he get after three hours? Zero! It was still pretty cool out there, but after three hours of freezing my nips off, I was hoping we would have a little something to bring back with us.

To add insult to injury: When I got home, just before I wrote this, I checked my e-mail and saw that I had gotten an invite to catch a special screening of Ray at the Egyptian Theater with director Taylor Hackford doing a Q&A with us afterwards. Unfortunately, it was for Tuesday night and all three of us had to work (well, that and I didn't check it until today). I think that sucks more than the other thing. Anyhoo, that's all. Just thought I'd share.

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