NIP/TUCK, HOWARD, AND BANANA CREAM CHEESECAKE
YESTERDAY WAS EXCITING, AND SCARY AND THRILLING ALL AT ONCE. MY CALL TIME WAS 9 30 AM, AND I LEFT EARLY AND GOT THERE AN HOUR EARLY SO I MADE SOME STOPS ALONG THE WAY…TO STALL FOR TIME. THEY BROUGHT ME TO MY OWN TRAILER, WHICH HAD A TV/CD/DVD/STEREO, FRIDGE, MICROWAVE AND ALL IMPORTANT BATHROOM…AND MY WARDROBE. I WAS THEN ESCORTED TO MAKEUP, WHERE SHE DID IT BEAUTIFULLY, UNDERSTATED EXCEPT FOR BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK, AS I WAS WEARING ALL BLACK..AND 4 INCH HEELS, WHICH THANKFULLY I DIDN’T HAVE TO WALK IN. NEXT, THE SWEET HAIR HELPER HELPED CURL MY HAIR AND WE TALKED AT LENGTH…
THEN IT WAS REHEARSAL TIME, WHERE I MET EVERYONE!! AND THEY ANNOUNCED MY PRESENCE AND THEY ALL CLAPPED AND WELCOMED ME. THE ACTOR PLAYING DR. CHRISTIAN TROY, JULIAN IN REAL LIFE, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE CHARMING AND FUNNY… THAT IMMEDIATELY PUT ME AT EASE, AND THE ACTRESS PLAYING KIMBER/KELLY WAS SO SWEET AND GORGEOUS..I TOLD HER SHE LOOKED LIKE MARILYN MONROE…THEY WERE FUN TO WATCH AND LEARN FROM…WE REHEARSED A FEW TIMES, THEY DISCUSSED CAMERA SHOTS, AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO OUR TRAILERS…AND WAITED FOR THE NEXT TIME TO SHOOT AFTER THEY SET UP CAMERAS. I DIDN’T TURN ON TV OR ANYTHING…JUST KEPT GOING OVER LINES, AND THE NOTES THE DIRECTOR GAVE ME. I LOVED HIM. HE ACTUALLY CALLED ME AT HOME AND TOLD ME WHY I WAS CAST, AND HIS CLARITY AND ENERGY AND JOY WERE CONTAGIOUS.
WE WERE CALLED BACK AND DID THE SCENE MANY TIMES, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND MANY DIFFERENT CAMERA SHOTS…THEN WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE CAMERAS TO FOCUS ON MY REACTIONS…IT WAS LUNCH..OHHHHHHHH…HAD TO WAIT FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE DIRECTOR HAD GREAT IDEAS ABOUT DIFFERENT TAKES, BUT WHEN THE BOSS OF THE SHOW ARRIVED TO WATCH, HE ASKED ME TO DO IT ‘BITCHY’…WELL THAT WON THE TAKE…SO WE CONTINUED IN THAT STYLE… IT WAS FUN…FAST…AND WHEN I HUNG UP MY OUTFIT, SIGNED MY CONTRACT, AND TOOK OFF THE KILLER SHOES, I LEFT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT,WHERE EDDIE MURPHY WAS FILMING HIS NEW MOVIE, AND TO MY LEFT WHERE ‘EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS’ AND ‘MONK’ WERE BEING SHOT.. AND SO MUCH HISTORY ON THIS LOT… AND I THANKED GOD FOR THIS GIFT, FOR THIS GREAT DAY, 5 HOURS OF BEING HERE, AND I GRABBED A REFRESHING DIET PEPSI FROM CRAFT SERVICES, A BAG OF SKITTLES, AND DROVE HOME…WITH MY BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK AND HEAVY FOUNDATION..
2 HOURS LATER I MET MY HUSBAND TIM, AND HOWARD TUCKER FOR FURTHER CELEBRATIONS AND CATCHING UP AT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY IN PASADENA. IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE HOWARD, AND TIM AND I FINISHED OUR DINNERS BEFORE HOWARD EVEN HAD 2 BITES OF HIS SALAD..AS HE REGALED US WITH SO MANY INTERESTING STORIES OF FRIENDSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS, AND HOW JERSEY BOYS HAS TOUCHED AND BONDED SO MANY PEOPLE…AND NEW FRIENDSHIPS HAVE BLOOMED FROM THIS SHOW…AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE WAY TO END A ADVENTUROUS DAY, AND WE SHARED MY PICK OF BANANA CREAM CHEESECAKE (I LOVE THE WHIP CREAM AND THE BANANA PART CUZ THAT WAS WHAT I HAD WHEN TIM BROUGHT ME THERE ON MY BDAY WHEN WE WERE DATING)… AND HOWARD DROVE OFF AND WAS TO MEET SOME JBOYS FRIENDS FROM THE WEST COAST TODAY…ANYWAY, THAT WAS MY FRIDAY…NOT SURE YET WHEN IT AIRS…BUT IT WAS FUN…AND THAT’S A WRAP!