Well, as I explained in a previous post I did not get the audition I wanted for a small speaking role in Gone, Baby, Gone; however, I did get called in to do some background extra work last week. It was a fun, yet grueling day of work. Fun because I was on a big budget movie set, and got to see Ben Affleck doing his directing thing and his brother Casey doing the acting thing. But it was grueling because I was standing on my feet in the hot sun for about 12 hours. And to add a complication to the matter I had been bitten by a deer tick earlier in the week and found the tell-tale bulls-eye mark that means I have been infected with Lyme disease. The antibiotic they put me on makes you very susceptible to sunlight and burns. Needless to say I put on my own sunblock before going out to the set, and after lunch, and they also had an EMT walking around through out the day offering sublock and I always made sure I found him. I also tried to get in the shade of a tree or truck or something when they were not rolling or rehearsing. In the end I did not get burned too bad at all, but I was worried about it and it made my day a little less fun. The great thing about the day however was the fact that this was my third time doing background work on a SAG set with SAG wages, so that means I am eligible to join SAG now. As soon as I get the check stub I fax it in to the office and I can join. A $1400 dollar expense but I think it will be well worth it.

Also I have heard from the director/writer of Route 1 and except for one minor hitch (they won’t be using HD but 24p instead), everything else is going along smoothly and he told me things with getting the union squared away are going good.

‘Tis all for now.

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