Being an Actor Again

It's been a while since I've written anything of consequence. Not because nothing has really happened but mainly because I feel that I have something mildly amusing to share. Odd contemplations and updates. Also, it gets me writing which is something that I'm really beginning to enjoy but also something that I struggle to remain disciplined in.

I finished my first ever short film and actually I think it's quite good. Now I have to figure out how to get it made!

Also, I've recently finished shooting two films. Here's the fun part.

So Sunday - a manipulative scientist, torturing a poor human specimin. Wrapping at 4pm - train across London and onto set for the romantic lead in a short film called Solitude. Now isn't this ridiculous. Our job to go from 0 - 100. GO! And that was it. Off the train, into makeup and costume, onto set before the light fades completely. It's the saddest moment of the film, a close up. I'm watching a girl that I'd just had a dreamy romance with. But she's gone. I'm deciding whether to go into her flower shop or leave her forever. And action...thanks very much...walk away...cut....and back to unit base for the next scene.

Love it love it love it.

That feeling that you're expected to get on and do your job. You are a professional actor. YES. YES I AM. And it feels so good to be treated like that and respected as that. And I love it. I feel totally relaxed and real and myself on set. So much fun and yet so focussed. A wonderful energy.

The final shot was by a canal at 22.30, a location smelling of piss. Lights. Everyone tired but loving it. First AD mad at running over. And Judith Musil, a wonderful actress, and I sharing a new bottle of vodka for the final scene. Ah man. Good times.

So now comes a web series which I'm shooting next weekend. Rachel Welch who wrote Involution has written a mini-series and I'm playing a small support to the group of girls that it follows.

Also, looking to begin work on a musical that has been collecting dust for the past 10 years.

And keep enjoying my marriage and life in Brighton and Hove whilst trying to earn some much needed green stuff.