Well I set of for my acting job at Elstree on the cold winter morning of Weds 4th Feb.
I love living in Norfolk but sometimes its a bind for my work if I have to travel. The morning was going to be different to most.
On my way out of the back lanes of Norfolk I hit a bit of Black ice and my car took on a mind of its own. Has I was coming to a standstill from the skidding it took a direction that I couldn't control and I promptly crashed.
However while I inspected the damage not one but two separate accidents happened at the same spot within a few moments. One car rolling into a field and the other mounting the hedge and headed for 40 yds before coming to a stop in the field on the other side of the road. It wasn't long before the police drove past and thats what they did. They drove past. Probably heading back to the station for a cup of tea.
Anyway after a long and apologetic call to Jason the director of the film where I was due on set I waited for the tow truck to get my car away from the scene.
I decided that London was not going to be my goal that morning so I had a word with the person who had bought my old motor and asked if I could borrow it for a few days.
When I picked it up I decided to drop in on a film at Norwich Cathedral been filmed where I knew a lot of people that are my mates (Supporting Artists SA's) are on. Its called Combi Love starring Patrick Moorhouse the next Robert Mitcham. Bumped it to Oleg AKA Lazlo Vaslavsky from the Lazy Garlic commercials and Atul Sharma, Mark Barrows, Rachel Haines, Ricky Knight and a few of the other great Supporting Artists from The Lynch Mob Casting Agency.
Well on to London and on the way I got a call from Joe at Sony to give me the brief for Friday. While on the phone he through me a curve ball saying he needed 20 SA's for the following day. Knowing I wouldn't be able to sort this out for then next couple of hours I contacted Director Samuel Victor to give me a hand. Sam was great and by the time I got to London he had pretty much sorted it. So I did the thing anyone would have done after a car accident and went down the pub. The Fountain is a great bar in Chingford. I downed a few beers before meeting up with Sam and my pal Baz who offered me a his house to stay in.
On to the music video and it
was nice to see everyone of our SA's there, including again Mark and Oleg, Eltra, Red Line, Dave Taylor, Chloe Attkinson De Burgh, Darren Braithwaite, Anne de monte, Samuel and Alicja all keen and raring to go.A great turn out and met
the production assist Joe Thomborn who up to now had just been a voice on the other end of the phone. He took me on to the set and I was blown away by the sheer size of it all. What they had done was recreate the stage from the 1991 Donnigton Park where AC/DC performed.After taking it all in it was off for what was the next part of my day which was a costume fitting for the new film I'm doing later this month called Burke and Hare. This promptly went well and after getting trussed up into my period costume I was off to the production meeting that would hold a key for our future at The Lynch mob Casting Agency.
I was pressed for time now as I still had to cast the SA's for the Sony Bravia shoot tomorrow. Get ready for me judging the F1 Models that are going to Monaco, All was going well until I was informed that I also had to cancel the 20 they had used today. This is the part of the job I hate.. It makes us look unprofessional but thats just part of the work we do.
Around 8pm I'm not ready but everyone wants to leave for the Models party at The Collection in Kennsington so I'm getting dressed and still casting for tomorrow. Thank god for my Blackberry. I sent out a message to out 1200 people on the books and waited to see wh
o is up for it. While in the car I was thinking how can I do this and also judge this event as its bound to be a noisy affair. Well thank god for my phone I wrote the brief including the location, call time and wardrobe as a note in my Blackberry and pasted it to people who replied. Thank goodness but by around 11pm I had the people that I wanted and so could relax. Judging was great by the way although I never gave a 10. Only my wife gets a 10 lol. Thanks to Claire-Louise and Bernice for inviting me and to compare Stuart Anthony (See image) for a top night. It was great to see so many friends there including Katie Clegg, Debbie Shelborne, Nigel Baxter, Jedz and Alijca
Friday arrived long before i needed and I felt a bit delicate but got the tube to Park Royal for the 2nd day of the Sony Shoot. Met Colin Osborne, Carly Beales, Simone Shamplina, Phoenix James and the rest of the SA's and it was nice to spend some time with them before I had to be back in Chingford the other side of London for some ADR with Samuel Victor for his film 'The Perfect Love Song' I knew that Sam was under pressure to have me as the premiere is on the 14th Feb. My ADR is the voice dubbed on to the film where the sound quality was a bit suspect on the original filming. This is quite normal in films but never the less had to be done today as Sam was traveling back to Somerset at 5am Saturday morning So here is where I turned my phone off so not to be side tracked.
ADR done and it went well. I'm officially wrapped on 'The Perfect Love Song' We went out to celebrate with some of the other cast. Mo Idris, Baz, Maria Shilliam and Sophie Mcmaster. Can't wait to see you all again.Back to Norfolk and got a call on the way home from Joe at Sony at 5am. Can I get 20 people for today on the Sony shoot. I just laughed and got to work on it.
