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Michelle and LTL's Excellent Adventures as Extras in 'Livien'
At Tum's suggestion, I'm pulling my and Michelle's posts from the OTO thread on the Roswell board into one thread. So you may have seen these before, but they're all together now.
If and when we get pictures, we'll post them here too. There weren't that many, just a few taken at the end of the work day. Michelle, who had the camera, chose to sleep today after getting to bed at 6:30 am, then she went out gallivanting with Dreamer4Ever instead of getting to the photo shop. My first post: The logon is different, but this is really LTL, posting from New York City. And who else is in New York City? His Armfulness, His Crooked Grin -ness, His Amber-Eyedness - ? Himself! And who got to be in his movie today? SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK Me. And Michelle! Now before anyone sends out a hit man, I was sworn to secrecy and I didn't even know where we'd be shooting until we got there. After we were done shooting (I love saying that!), we were back in an apartment that was a holding area, and JB was in the kitchen running his hands under warm water because it had been so cold outside. I don't know where I got the nerve, but I went in there, asked him if he was done for the day, and when he said yes, I asked if he'd mind signing a couple of autographs. He said sure, and a little while later he came over and sat with us, signed autographs, and chatted for awhile. Ker-frellling-plunk!! We took pictures but they are not digital, so it will be a few days before they get up. He gave me the cutest grin when we were waiting for one of the pictures, so Michelle asked him to smile that way again and took it. Hope it comes out! I also showed him pictures of the Nick butt-grope at the London convention. He said, "This is hysterical. I wish I'd been there." Me too, Jason!! OK, that's the short story - ? I've got to let Michelle get back on a computer, and I have to catch a train back to Maryland. Although, at this point, I just might float all the way home. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] <--- Definitely me! __________________
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Thats Wonderful..sounds like you had more than a good time
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Part 3, from me:
OK, since I can't think too coherently, I'll just do this in pieces. When we did the walk-by scene with Jason, I noticed him looking at Michelle every time we walked by (4-6 times?) She told me later that she had been giving him a certain look (away from the camera), and he was interacting with her. Does that sound the way it's supposed to? What I mean is that Jason was using Michelle to play off, for his own role. Tres [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] After that we went back to "Holding" -- a small apartment empty of everything but folding chairs and tables. The small bedroom was used for wardrobe and makeup. When you walked in the door, the kitchen was immediately to your left, the living room opened up in front of you, with a dining area tucked in behind the kitchen. To the right was a bank of closets and a short hallway to the bedroom and bathroom. We sat a table at the far end of the living room where we could get a good view of everything. At lunchtime Jason came in and got a plate from a little buffet line that had been set up in the kitchen, then he and the other principals, and the director ate in the bedroom, while the tech crew and we extras ate in the living room. When it was getting time to go out again, everyone was lining up intermittently for the bathroom, and the person who was dealing with us extras said to let any cast and crew members go first. So I was talking to the wardrobe woman (Michelle, help -- is that what she was called?) -- a really nice person who talked with us a lot -- while we waited, and Jason got in line. Somehow I never pictured this as being how I would encounter him for the first time. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] So it was my turn next and I said to JB, "You can go next." And he said, "No, that's OK, you go ahead." And wardrobe woman says, "No, Jason, you should go first." And so he did. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] So then we extras were told to meet outside the building, and we ended up following the assistant director and her assistant and Jason. BehrF: I was trying to look at details for you, despite the fact that my mind kept going blank. He was wearing the black Converse sneakers, jeans that hung a little over his heels, a grey sweater over a red T-shirt (that just peeked out at the collar), and a leather coat. [Note: I think there was a message from the Universe for me when I came up the escalator at Penn Station in NYC late Thursday night, and the first thing I saw was a Krispy Kreme store. It was a good omen!] [ 12-16-2003: Message edited LTL ] __________________
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Part 4, also from me:
I forget what I wrote in my first post about asking Jason to do autographs, but here's a little more detail. He had gotten back to Holding before we did after shooting the last scene we had with him, so we weren't even sure he was there. But we went back to our table to warm up and fill out some paperwork, and, oh yeah, wait to see if he was there. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] So he crossed the end of the room and went into the kitchen where we could hear the water running for a few minutes. I wondered if he was trying to warm up by running water over his hands. Well, the drinks for everyone were in the kitchen, so.... Don't ask me where I got the nerve to do it, because it's not something natural for me, but I just walked into the kitchen. And there we were --- alone -- together. Although he didn't seem as awestruck by the moment as I was. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] He was definitely trying to warm up -- he was shivering, and one eye was running because he had been hit in the face by a piece of equipment during the shooting. No one even knew until the scene was over that he had been hurt because he kept soldiering on. I said something like, "Are you OK?" and he said, "Yeah, it's getting better" or something like that. Then I told him I was going to reach behind him to get to the cooler where the drinks were. When I had my drink, I asked him if he'd been hit in the eye, and he said no, it had hit him in the nose, but it made his eyes water. But he was already looking better. So then I asked him if he was through for the day and he said yes, so I asked him if he could sign a couple of things for me when he got settled, and he said, "Sure, be glad to." I'd heard that he likes to stay in character when he's shooting, and even in our brief encounter in the bathroom line, it showed. He just seemed to be a different person the first time, a little more remote. Whereas when I was talking to him in the kitchen, he was very relaxed and friendly. Did I just say "when I was talking to him in the kitchen"??? THUD!! __________________
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Part 7, from me:
"...I'm still flying -- in bed at 4, then my husband woke me up while he was getting up at 8, and I couldn't get back to sleep. Incidentally, my son went out about 1 am (college kid, what do you expect?) and I said good-night, but I was still up when he returned at 3:30. Finally at 4 am, I said I was going to bed, but I was obviously reluctant to let go of the day, and he said, "I know -- you're glowing." LOL Earlier Michelle and I had been talking about "glowing on the inside" but obviously it was on the outside as well!! Some sequence of events: When Jason came over to our table, he didn't sit down at first but leaned over the table signing things. It was while he was leaning like that that he realized his pants were falling. I was standing at first, then sat down. I was so involved with showing him what I wanted signed that it was a couple of minutes before my brain screamed, "Alert!!! You're sitting RIGHT NEXT to Jason and chatting with him!!!!!!!!!" At that time I sat back and looked at him; his shirt was long, so if he was having difficulty with his pants, it didn't show. When Michelle gave him the New York magazine, he first said, "My mom will want to see this." Then, "and my grandma. She keeps a scrapbook (or album)." He was really thrilled to get it, and he sat down to talk. I really wanted to stare at his face for a long, long time, and soak up every detail, but I could hardly do that without his noticing so I kept darting quick glances. He definitely looks younger than his age, and his smile is just beatific! Quote:
I looked up at him (we're doing the one-arm-around-each-other thing) and I was literally dazzled by this genuine, amused smile (like we were sharing a laugh over something funny), only inches from my face, and he was kind of looking down at my mouth. I was in serious danger of going into a catatonic trance right there. Michelle asked him to repeat it, and he did smile again, but it didn't have that spontaneous sparkle of the first one. Never mind -- it's permanently etched in my brain. Naturally, I forgot all the things I planned to do should I have my picture taken with him -- arrange the hair, don't smile too big, don't squint. It'll probably be another case of Beauty and the Beast to look at, but it was wonderful to be in the moment. When he finally left us (after big hugs all around [img]smilies/sigh.gif[/img] ), he thanked us -- thanked US! -- for helping out with the film. Can you believe it? I decided it would be bad form to throw myself at his feet and kiss them over and over, saying, "No, thank YOU, for a zillion moments of pleasure, in so many different ways, since September 1999." [img]smilies/love.gif[/img] [img]smilies/love.gif[/img] Well, I should have done the thank-you part, but again, I was too stunned to think coherently. Random thought -- I didn't see any sign of the cell phone that Jason is famous for. No Cellina! [img]smilies/look.gif[/img] Quote:
Michelle, when I left you, I tried to catch a cab right away on 7th Avenue, but everyone was using the cabs to get to the theaters. I needed to walk off some nervous energy anyway, so I walked down to where Broadway and 7th cross before I caught one that had dropped some people off at one of the shows. All the bright lights and excitement of Broadway matched my mood. Quote:
I confess -- it's true!! She's sending me her laundry for life." NOTE: For those who don't know me and who therefore might be in for a terrible shock on seeing any pix, after reading what sounds like the gushings of a young girl -- I am old enough to be his mother! [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] I was seriously afraid of making a complete fool of myself, but Michelle says I behaved. I'll have to take her word for it since the whole day has an air of unreality about it. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Michelle said she would check in later this evening and add more. [img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] [ 12-13-2003: Message edited LTL ] [ 12-16-2003: Message edited LTL ] __________________
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Thanks, Natalie! [img]smilies/wave.gif[/img]
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LTL !!!!!! .......I am so happy for you and MichelleFY as well as grateful for your wonderfully told stories you guys handled yourselves remarkably well [img]smilies/clap.gif[/img].....with *grace and aplumb* I got such a charge out of your excitement....and to think *I* ate dinner with LTL who used the toilet directly after JB....that is only one degree of seperation in my book.....I'm so stoked [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] (ok I'm gagging myself......so much self editing so little time [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] )
Michelle Loved your writing! If you don't write fan fic.....get started!!! I can not wait for the pictures! and I feel safe saying lots of us feel that way! Way to go Tum for asking the girls to post this here!! How much fun are we going to have seeing this movie.....JB natch!!!!......but looking for Alien Wendy LTL and Michele to boot [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Weeeeeeeeeee!!!!! [ 12-13-2003: Message edited podmom ] __________________
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Thanks for bringing this over! And LOL at JB having trouble with his pants falling down - seems to me they were doing that at FF party too.. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Thanks LTL for bringing that over. You are a sweetheart. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Jacki! Your clarity of recall is amazing ! You kept a very cool, level head for someone in the throes of her first alien abduction! ;;;-)
One funny thing about after: we sat in the restaurant, lapsing into catatonic states every few minutes or so, then reaching for our cellphones. Then our eyes would meet, and we'd slowly grin, usually culminating in a mutual groan, scream, or some other manifestation of overstimulation, albeit ecstatic! ;;;-) At one point, Jacki picked up a fork, and started poking her hands with the tines. "What are you doing?" I asked. "I'm real. It's true! We really did this!" she replied! LOL! Also, Jacki, we need to talk later. We need to debrief again, and I want a full accounting of ... OK, let's call it the Dribble Debriefing. I want to know exactly how much of an ass I made of myself? And don't dare to tell anyone but me! __________________
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At dinner, I actually had a drink, a rarity for me. And I've sometimes believed I'm part-alien, because just "this much" makes the room spin! But last night - - didn't even touch me! I was so much higher than that already! [ 04-14-2004: Message edited Michelle in Yonkers ] __________________
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[img]smilies/clap.gif[/img] [img]smilies/clap.gif[/img] Wonderful!! [img]smilies/clap.gif[/img] [img]smilies/clap.gif[/img]
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