I'm in a Movie!

I blogged about this last week, but I really didn't expect to have any chance to get involved in the new Die Hard 5 movie. Then on Friday a call went out to Embassy folks looking for anyone who speaks good English to come out. Naturally I volunteered, and I volunteered my wife as well! Here is one of the forms I had to fill out.

Early Saturday morning we visited the movie base camp, well hidden in a fenced off deserted lot behind a mall. Most of the Embassy folks were fitted out for roles at a New York city police precinct, but they took my wife and me and dressed us up as Russian businesspeople for an airplane scene. We were excited. Below is a cast list showing us, though I've blanked out other names so as not to get into trouble.

Very early this morning we showed up and they had switched things around for the day, so my wife was dressed as an office worker in the police precinct and I was dressed as a police detective, gun and all. Sitting through makeup didn't take long, since they didn't put any makeup on me, but messed around with my hair to give me a conservative look. You can see by this photo my wife took of me with two of the 'hookers' that they did my hair really funny. It was taken with a phone camera and there are odd light circles in the low res shot, so forgive the low quality.

There was a lot of waiting around, though it was fun when a guy read the script of the scene we were doing today. I saw Bruce Willis, who I had always thought was short, but he turned out to be at least as tall as me (6' 1") if not a bit taller. In the end we ended up not being used today, which was a letdown, but there are many more days of shooting, so I suspect we'll end up being used. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and having fun anyway!