Lovely rehearsal up in North London and it turns out someone I’m friendly with is part of the reason this thing is being made. He’s so well cast in the part. I got excited about the fact we will be in a scene together even though I’m probably bottom of the billing and he’s the top. I messaged his mum. She didn’t know about it. “Oh he never tells me what he’s doing, he just told me he was in town.” Now I’m thinking I’ve exploded some sort of NDA. Chances are it’ll be fine. I didn’t have to sign anything and the driver this morning was perfectly happy to tell me he was attached.
I met the director today and immediately liked him. I was cast from a tape sent from Jersey, so this was a first meeting. Brave new world. My on screen wife is an Irish stand-up comedian and seems brilliant. We immediately found rhythm.
There are a lot of people from the comedy scene right now involved in this movie, and actually it all looks very starry… My character could have just had a description, but he ended up with a name. I’m happy to have met the team, happy to be part of it all. I cut my teeth on a UK feature, so it is a familiar idiom. The fact I know one of the leads will likely add to my relaxation. It’s not a big part, but work breeds work etc. Just show up and don’t be a cunt. What’s the old advice? : “learn your lines and don’t bump into the furniture”. That’s about it really. Having done this for a few decades now I can testify to the legions of actors who either fail A and look remembery, and hold up the shoot by being a bit lost, or fail B and are just so nervous they’re clumsy.
Now I’m home and I’ve set up the living room for a morning tape. I’ve got to lodge a lawyer thing with my agent by 9 tomorrow so I’m gonna get up at 6 and start work. I’ve selected clothes and lined up and phone holder already. Put drapes over interesting things behind me and taken the picture of my mum down. I’ve lined it up to face the dawn light. Now I’m gonna edit my friends voice clips to make it all work to my timings. Dawn will see me attempting to make it sexy while Tom tries to sleep on the sofa.
Back on the rollercoaster. For how long?
AlBarclay 