Big day today!
We were off to film in Rotterdam today. It was a fairly long car ride away. Probably like the equivalent of driving from Madison to Milwaukee. Which in retrospect isn't that long of a ride but when you are crammed in a van at 5 in the morning, it's not necessarily the most pleasant thing in the whole world.
The location we were shooting in was an old abandoned warehouse. The crew that had been in Amsterdam a week prior to our arrival were warning us that Rotterdam, inside, was colder than the outside of the building. We were warned and Amy and I both put on almost every article of warm clothing we brought. The good thing was I never felt cold all day but that bad thing was I was wearing so many clothes that I looked like a big 'ol marshmallow.
We were also told that this place was seriously haunted and that one of the extras on the set who also was a driver and an errand runner for the crew said he spent one night in their with his friends and they taped it and the doors were banging and they could swear that they heard people talking. One, I don't understand why someone would knowingly want to stay in a vacant warehouse for the pure fun of getting the shit scared out of them. If I did that the only thing that would happen would be that I would become highly embarrassed because I would have defecated in my pants. So neither Amy nor I were looking forward to our long day outside of Amsterdam.
The one beautiful thing was that I brought another package of handwarmers with me so they really saved in my life in the warehouse. I still have 10 fingers and ten toes, awesome!
A lot of what we had to accomplish was fight scenes. The protagonist and the antagonist did a lot of sparring and getting hit with giant sticks and bricks and hand to hand combat. These types of scenes seem to take the longest to film because you have to do it from so many angles and there is a higher risk of something going terribly wrong. The lead, Rik Sinkleman, got hit so hard in the arm that we had to take a half-an-hour break to get him bandaged up. But he was certainly a trooper because as soon as we got him iced up he was ready to go again full force. Quite the trooper indeed.
Being a huge fan of food, I always look forward to lunch. But we got to set at 6 and we didn't get lunch until 2 in the afternoon. I. Was. Very. Hungry. But the nice thing about Rotterdam was that it had a huge table that we could actually sit all together and eat and chat and learn more about one another. That sounds rather lame but it was really nice to get to know more about everyone and we end up talking a lot about the differences and similarities between our two cultures, Dutch and American, and I found/find that conversation absolutely fascinating because it is very superior of anyone to think that everyone around the world assumably has the same traditions and day to day life as yourself.
We didn't end up finishing filming until 9 and we still had to drive back to Amsterdam so needless to say I went straight to bed at soon as we got to our hotel. And we had an early call in the morning so that was really the only realistic option.
I know I am very behind on keeping everyone updated on my day to day life but I have so much I want to write but so little time to do it! So be patient and you shall receive in good time!
Love,
-M
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