Hey I just read on the ‘Brotherhood‘ site that the new episodes of season 2 are set to start on September 30. I am in episode 5, so I will be on sometime around Halloween. Of course you will need Showtime to see it — for now. I am hoping that someday it will be on regular tv like when Sopranos ended up on A&E.

‘Tis all for now!

This weekend I went down to Long Island again to the set of “The Dysfunctional Bookclub“. I become involved in this film because a director I have worked with in the past was hired to direct this film. His name is Richard Griffin, and I have mentioned him here, here and here. Anyway, when he found out it was a union film, a SAG ultra low to be exact, he asked that my acting buddy William DeCoff and I be cast in the film also. The writer/producer Jennifer Scharf agreed and William I each got a role in the film. I had already shot my scene a couple of weeks ago, and it was William’s turn this weekend. He asked if I wanted to go down with him to hang out on the set, and to shoot the shit on the ride down and back. So I agreed, and we went down this Saturday (June 23rd, 2007) to film his scene. So we had a blast on the ride down, and when we got there, they had figured out a way that would make sense in the story for me to be in the scene also! So I got to act in the scene with my friend and just have fun hanging out. The scene was hysterically funny, and I had such a great relaxing fun time acting, with no stress or worries. This really helped me get back in touch with why I do this in the first place — acting is just damn fun! Sometimes on the bigger sets like ‘Chatham‘ and ‘Brotherhood‘ the stress and the desire to “get to the next level” can make me loose touch with that fact. Anyway, it was just a great day to have fun acting and hanging out with good friends.

Having fun on the set!

‘Tis all for now!

I have been collecting the call sheets from the bigger gigs I have acted in. This is my second, the first being from the movie ‘Chatham‘. These are kind of like mementos for me I guess. Also I like to see my name on the same cast list as actors that I have seen on the big screen, like on this one there is Jason Isaacs who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. This call sheet is from the Showtime original series ‘Brotherhood‘. Jason Isaacs was in this scene with me, but we did not interact. I was interacting with Kevin Chapman in the scene.

p.s. I want to tell you about my great day on the set, but am unsure how to do it without revealing or spoiling the episode. So I guess for now I will say that I felt I did my best, and the director seemed really happy and gave me a very nice compliment after the shoot. I will explain the day in detail after the episode airs this fall — It was a very cool experience. For a little hint I will tell you that I worked with a stunt coordinator for this scene.

‘Tis all for Now!

Well on this Brotherhood shoot I got my own trailer to hang out in — another ‘first‘ for me. It is a big trailer with 4 or 5 small private rooms for the actors to hang out in when they are not filming, and also a place to get changed into costume. They put your character name on the door which surprised me a little — same with the big stars of the show. I was really kind of excited at first because it was my first time hanging out in my own actors trailer assigned to me. However, I must tell you that after a couple of hours it gets pretty damn small — It is only a 4′ by 6′ space, with a padded bench, a cd player/radio and a bathroom. The big stars have full trailers, I would love to see in side one of those. Sorry for the poor quality pictures, I was using my camera phone.

Trailer from the Front

The Inside (not much space to take a proper picture)

Looking Out (my costume is waiting for me)

I had a great day on the set, and I will post about that soon.

‘Tis all for now!