Friday, February 18, 2005 :::
 

Finally got to see my favorite blonde. She still kisses nicely.

The shoots have been going nicely. Got sponsors who put in money for the TV show. So all is going well. Yet, there is a lot of work to do. I haven't even blogged in a while. I decided to give blogs to my actors. I gave them freedom of speech. I'm sure I'll regret that later on, but for now it is cool to have people be able to go behind the scenes of the TV series. And to do that, you have to be honest and let people working on the show, speak their mind.

There is a lot of interest in the TV series. It will be the first dramatic show shot here. Which I think is sad that Cleveland hasn't did as much as it could have.

Not that I want to be the first and all, but I just want to do the show.

Been tired as well. Daddy is back in the nursing home. He's too mean to die.

My favorite blonde, who I'll call MM told me I should be further ahead and she was going to kick me in the butt. Sure, I said. I could use the inspiration. Although I am pretty good at being self reliant. That gets old quick.

I am going to have to start getting into my character. I am taking DM's acting class. He is a good teacher. And since all my characters have a bit of slime to them, I have to be comfortable playing the part I am in myself. Raft is pretty cocky and he is sure of himself and doesn't seem to have a problem with his thing for young girls. I haven't exactly found out how he justifies it. Especially since he is a prosecutor. Maybe I need to get him in a case where he is prosecuting a child molestor. Then it might come out that he is very lienent on the guy because he doesn't believe the guy should be put away. Which will probably confuse people around Raft since he is always so gung hu to put criminals away.

I might have my consigliere write that script. He's told me he was interested in writing a script for the series.

The problem is being a character like Raft who has a part of him that I don't like unnerves me. I feel the show will be successful and playing him for a while will lead people to think I am like him. The easy thing to do would be to tone down Raft. I have considered it, but a lot of people liked him in the pilot. He was slimely, but he came off real. My Consigelire said I reminded him of a black James Woods. My acting teacher DM liked him as well. And Raft is a good charcter the way he is written. To tone him down would make the story lose its edge. Raft has an edge. So does Angie.

My new Angie is quite good. A little new, so I have to spend time with her assuring her she is OK. She brings a very sexy appeal to the series. Still the next scenes with her will be harder cause she has to be very violent in the one with her ex partner. I want to show the truly dark side of Angie. There was a glimpse of it today in the scenes we shot with little Julia.

The only thing that was odd about today's shoot was when the weapons were brought out. I checked them for safety. They are real, but have never been loaded. The others were like, they're cool. I was like, no. Guns are not cool. Not that I am a pacifist or anything. I mean I did write the story which has a 14 year old girl holding a gun like a pro. Yet, I do respect the power they have. It went safely.
And OK, there were some cool photos Mike got of the girls with the guns.

There are no scenes where guns go off in the pilot. In later stories, there will be. I have to make certain to get some pros on the set way before then.

Tired now, but feeling OK. Did I mention my favorite blonde kisses nicely?

::: posted by Alex at 5:14 PM