What's good America!? Big ups to my new readers in Rhode Island...welcome to the fray. I hope you all enjoy. I'm going to jump right in it today and get started.
Quick recap: I landed a spot in Jesse McCartney's "It's Over" music video. The shoot was Monday 10/20 in the heart of Hollywood and it went a little something like this:
12:35pm - Left the dry cleaners and headed to set.
1:00pm - Arrived on set and was welcomed by a bevy of beautiful college-aged women and my friends at craft services (craft services are the people who prepare all the snacks for the actors and crew throughout the day). I headed up to the Penthouse Suite in the
Roosevelt Hotel where I would be staying throughout the day in between shots. The suite offered a panoramic view of Los Angeles - incredible!
4:15pm - After sitting for over 3 hours doing nothing, we head to the roof of the hotel to get ready for a cafe scene. It was in this scene that I was paired with a beautiful girl named Tarniesha, from Ohio, who was rockin her purple outfit! In our seats we would sit and sit, play musical chairs, and sit some more.
5:00pm - Still sitting in the cafe scene on the roof and a single camera hadn't been rolling so they decide to send everyone to lunch/dinner.
5:15pm - Dinner in the suite was delicious. You already know I had a fix for some good food; by that I mean salads, white dinner rolls, fruit (watermelon even! ohhh yeeaaahhh!!), tomatoes with some weird pebbles in it, rice pilaf, tortellini with pesto sauce, chicken, and roast beef. Product placement goes here: I washed it down with a refreshing Coca-Cola beverage.
5:50pm- Back to the cafe we go to shoot for reals this time. I was lowkey jealous because Tarniesha was getting her shine on with the camera and I wasn't. But it's all love; Haterade doesn't come in a flavor I like. We stayed on the roof for about 20-30 minutes before heading back inside the suite.
6:40pm- 1st power nap.
7:50pm - Headed back to the roof for the performance scene. Let me tell you, thank you Robert Fess for making such comfortable and warm men's blazers. I was sooo cold up on the roof for this scene. They separated me and Tarniesha (something about too many negros at a Jesse McCartney show...lol, OK I'm lying). We stayed up here for about 45 minutes or so...
8:10pm -Actors Anonymous. I didn't know the set was where your inner most deepest secrets are exposed. "So tell me about your last relationship and why it was so abusive", asked one actress to the other. I swear it felt like a Dr. Phil/Tyra Banks episode in that suite.
9:15pm - Filmed a short creepy scene inside the suite only to have this actress spill some champagne on my wonderful shirt that I just got out of the dry cleaners. All bad.
10:45pm - Been doing nothing for a cool minute. So, I get comfortable and take a nice long nap (and I was still getting paid fyi).
11:52pm - I woke up from my nap. Still on set and no new directions. Tarniesha was knocked out! (you know I had to tell em)
1:30a (Tuesday) - Go down to the street for the final street scenes. The temperature is beyond bearable, but being that it was the last shot, I sucked it up and acted like a G. Hollywood Boulevard is wild, even at 2am when knuckleheads drive up and down the street demanding attention from people...I've been ready to go since after I ate!
2:30am (Tuesday) - "That's a wrap folks! Thank you for being so patient...", said the 1st A.D. Those words were music to my ear. I got to my car and headed home.
3:10am (Tuesday) - Got to the house and underneath the sheets...as soon as I publish this post and ya'll see a timestamp for it; that's the time I went to sleep...so until then, goodnight!
