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The day I busted Tom Sizemore!
It’s been an interesting few weeks. I apologize that I haven’t written more but I have been on the set. A great place to be for an actor. (and sometimes the producer ask us to keep our mouth shut so we don’t give too much away about upcoming projects.) But I will write about this.
This entire week I was in Greensboro North Carolina. I flew from my home city of Calgary Alberta. No direct flights so we stopped in Atlanta along the way. I like Atlanta – home of Coca Cola. I’d been to North Carolina before – I did a gig in Charlotte before. But this was my first time to Greensboro.
For this film they rented several Air B’nbs and had most of the actors staying there. I guess it was kind of like an episode of Big Brother with all the different personalities. It was actually quite fun – but yes there was a little bit of drama. I wasn’t involved in creating it – but I was a peace maker on a few occasions calming it down. That’s another story and I don’t want to get anyone in trouble. Overall it was a great collaborative effort. I ended up helping out a little bit with the crew when my scenes weren’t shooting – it was a blast. Great bunch of guys.
It was pretty ambitious shoot, but things came together pretty good.
I had the chance to do several different scenes. They won’t all make it into the film of course. but I played both sides of the fence. I was a criminal and a detective.
First the criminal:
This is a mob/gangster film about family. I played Uncle Mikey in an Italian family that has a very “direct” way of dealing with things if you catch my drift. After their 4th of July party goes a little off the rails, (illegal sale of fireworks, a body in the desert and a few other fun things to be revealed later) the entire family winds up at the police station. My character loves to make veiled threats to an arresting officer (except the pretty ones.)
Needless to say these were fun scenes to play. I had a really good time.
Since I normally play law enforcement, specifically police men or detectives we decided to give that a try. Obviously since that is my comfort zone we did several scenes where I was sitting on the other side of the table trying to break down the suspects. Both were fun. Here’s a shot from that:
We had so much fun with this that when Tom Sizemore arrived on set they had us continue. As this was not written this way in the script Tom and I improvised all of it. That was really fun. He is a great actor and it was fun to work with him.
It was like a game of cat and mouse. He would try to keep me from getting to the truth and I would try to corner him into giving me the information I needed to make the charges stick.
It was a great experience. It was interesting to see how quickly we found our rhythm and were able to pause and pick up exactly where we were as camera positions were changed or the scene was paused. I always find it interesting to learn from more experienced actors and see how they approach the work. I think one of the most important things an actor can do is STAY A STUDENT. I especially found what Sir Michael Caine once said about acting – It is essential that you listen. You can’t be playing what you’ll say next. You need to really hear what the other actor is saying in order to respond properly. This is what made all of this work.
This was such a fun experience. I am thankful for a great crew and producer. This was a great opportunity to learn and grow in my craft as an actor and I look forward to using what I learned here in future projects. I feel very blessed for all of the great opportunities coming my way. I seriously am very lucky. Many this is a good opportunity to thank my wonderful agents, PR team and others who are helping me. I am sincerely grateful – thank you everyone.
Here’s a few final pictures of Tom and I. We became pals that day and I look forward to working with him again. I also look forward to sharing this great project with everyone when it comes out. I think it will be really fun.
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