The Changeling (5)
Monday was great. Tuesday was awesome despite the dead bird. Wednesday was incredible. Thursday and Friday, I didn’t see a whole lot of action.
In fact, on Thursday, I only worked in one scene and Friday we were recalled (Yes, a record for me. This was the first time I’d ever worked 5 days in a row on any show.), but sat in holding for a few hours before they decided to cut the scenes we were supposed to be in.
However, the scene I worked was a sort of inspection scene. I was assigned to one of the rooms in the hallway–with another lady as my roommate. All we did was stand there as the doctor worked his way along the line to Angelina.
Since I was a Code 12 patient rather than a mental patient, I stared down the doctor. I didn’t know how else to keep it interesting for me.
That was the extent of my work in the scene, but if I could download an image or two from my brain, I’d go for ‘Clint Eastwood with a big, white, one-winged cockatoo on his shoulder and Angelina reaching out to make friends with it.’ It was the last day of shooting. Strange things can happen. I heard later that the bird had been rescued after being attacked by a dog…and it was potty trained!
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. (And what’s with me and birds on this show? First the dead one and then Clint’s pet!)
My experience on The Changeling is likely to be the highest point of my background acting career for a very long time.
I waited until I got home to take the following picture of my hair and make-up. Hopefully, I’ll be in the finished product and have a screen capture or two to add!
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January 22nd, 2008 at 11:17 am
Hey! I was on this shoot the same week – I was one of the nasty psych nurses (“Morning Nurse”). I enjoyed reading your blog and had a cool time on the shoot as well!
Dawn
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I remember you mean nurses! Making us take pills and be quiet…
Yeah, that was a great show to work on. It is definitely one of my favorites so far. Thanks for stopping by!