Bulgaria Part II
It's now Thursday evening. I have slept the first full 8 hrs of sleep since I got here Sunday. After last night, I needed it.My days are still a little messed up so I may go back and forth.
Tuesday; I spent most of the day in my hotel room going over my lines and blocking. It's not Shakespeare but I do have about 20 lines and lots of blocking. I've also had to figure out what several terms mean; group, banana, swing, pile, baggy, float, eye line, faking. Yes, yes, they do leave something to the imagination.
Tuesday at 230, a car came and drove me 40 min to Wardrobe/costume where I was fitted for my nice fancy deputy uniform. I then met the producers and director. I also got to meet Keven Sorbo, very nice guy. Talks almost as much as I do. But he has had a very intersting life!
The producers took us both to dinner that night at a traditional Bulgarian restaraunt. Wow! Great stuff, best potatoes I've ever had...seriously. And platters of pork, chicken and beef all cook on a HUGE flaming pit in the back of the place. Although, no one uses ICE in their drinks, you have to order it serperately and then you get funny looks.
The biggest down side is...smoking. Everyone smokes and they smoke EVERYWHERE! Ugh. I'm spoiled. It's been a while since I ate in a place where they could smoke.Dinner took a while because apparently "Hercules" is still playing in Bulgaria and Kevin had a line of fans trying to say hello.
No sign of any Defuser fans...yet.
After dinner, back to the hotel where a full tummy meant a good (if short) nights sleep.
Wed, Kevin wakes me up and asks if I wanna take in some sites around downtown Bulgaria. Duh...I get to hang out with Hercules!
After a short cab right to the city center, we walkaround for a few hours, eat lunch at a great little cafe. We visit several historic sites, of which there are many. We get stopped a few times along the way for the now bothersome Hercules fans to take pictures.
Still no Defuser fans in site. They must all sleep late or something.
Kevin is an incredibly nice guy. Very patient and chatty with the fans. It's obvious he misses his wife and kids. He has 3 young ones back home and takes every oppurtunity to show everyone pictures on his new I-phone.
I understand his dilema. At every historic site I think about how much more fun I'd be having if Norma was with me. It gets worse at night but at least I get to talk to her on my phone. I'm in the process of trying to set up Skype to video with her but there are difficulties. I think my son Nathan would be having a blast over here as well.
After our sight seeing, we head back to the Kempinski hotel and chill. I think he went to work out...figures. I slept for 2 hours. And am I glad I did.
Our car picked us up at 430pm. We were supposed to be in make-up by 6, wardrobe by 7 and start shooting at 8.
OMG! I wont give you all the cold and frustrating details but we didnt start shooting until 3am!!! These are all night shots, and they were scrambling to get them done by the time the sun comes up. CRAZY!!!
But, I will say that the director, producers all the way down to the PA's were all incredibly nice and patient with me. Kevin was a great mentor and made me feel relaxed. Out of about 50 takes on 4 different scenes, I only flubbed my lines twice. It was a very cool experience. And even though it was 24 degrees or so, I enjoyed it.
We got back to the hotel at about 7am and had breakfast. I then chilled in my room till about 10am before I finally fell asleep.
Now, I'm up and heading back out to the set. Wish me luck!!!
-Defuser
Tuesday; I spent most of the day in my hotel room going over my lines and blocking. It's not Shakespeare but I do have about 20 lines and lots of blocking. I've also had to figure out what several terms mean; group, banana, swing, pile, baggy, float, eye line, faking. Yes, yes, they do leave something to the imagination.
Tuesday at 230, a car came and drove me 40 min to Wardrobe/costume where I was fitted for my nice fancy deputy uniform. I then met the producers and director. I also got to meet Keven Sorbo, very nice guy. Talks almost as much as I do. But he has had a very intersting life!
The producers took us both to dinner that night at a traditional Bulgarian restaraunt. Wow! Great stuff, best potatoes I've ever had...seriously. And platters of pork, chicken and beef all cook on a HUGE flaming pit in the back of the place. Although, no one uses ICE in their drinks, you have to order it serperately and then you get funny looks.
The biggest down side is...smoking. Everyone smokes and they smoke EVERYWHERE! Ugh. I'm spoiled. It's been a while since I ate in a place where they could smoke.Dinner took a while because apparently "Hercules" is still playing in Bulgaria and Kevin had a line of fans trying to say hello.
No sign of any Defuser fans...yet.
After dinner, back to the hotel where a full tummy meant a good (if short) nights sleep.
Wed, Kevin wakes me up and asks if I wanna take in some sites around downtown Bulgaria. Duh...I get to hang out with Hercules!
After a short cab right to the city center, we walkaround for a few hours, eat lunch at a great little cafe. We visit several historic sites, of which there are many. We get stopped a few times along the way for the now bothersome Hercules fans to take pictures.
Still no Defuser fans in site. They must all sleep late or something.
Kevin is an incredibly nice guy. Very patient and chatty with the fans. It's obvious he misses his wife and kids. He has 3 young ones back home and takes every oppurtunity to show everyone pictures on his new I-phone.
I understand his dilema. At every historic site I think about how much more fun I'd be having if Norma was with me. It gets worse at night but at least I get to talk to her on my phone. I'm in the process of trying to set up Skype to video with her but there are difficulties. I think my son Nathan would be having a blast over here as well.
After our sight seeing, we head back to the Kempinski hotel and chill. I think he went to work out...figures. I slept for 2 hours. And am I glad I did.
Our car picked us up at 430pm. We were supposed to be in make-up by 6, wardrobe by 7 and start shooting at 8.
OMG! I wont give you all the cold and frustrating details but we didnt start shooting until 3am!!! These are all night shots, and they were scrambling to get them done by the time the sun comes up. CRAZY!!!
But, I will say that the director, producers all the way down to the PA's were all incredibly nice and patient with me. Kevin was a great mentor and made me feel relaxed. Out of about 50 takes on 4 different scenes, I only flubbed my lines twice. It was a very cool experience. And even though it was 24 degrees or so, I enjoyed it.
We got back to the hotel at about 7am and had breakfast. I then chilled in my room till about 10am before I finally fell asleep.
Now, I'm up and heading back out to the set. Wish me luck!!!
-Defuser
posted by The Defuser at
9:36 AM
2 Comments:
Wow! You get to pal around with Kevin Sorbo! I am jealous. He seems like a cool guy. I'm sure those Defuser fans are around...they'll pop up when you least expect it. :-}
I should have warned you about the size of the cars...it's like that in most of Europe. No big gas guzzlers like us since their gas has always been higher. And the buildings on the outskirts of the cities are pretty much "old world". That's what I love about Europe and eastern Europe.
Downtown there is usually a mixture of the old and the new. The food is usually awesome depending on if it's authentic and not Americanized for the tourists. You're making me jealous. Part of what makes me nostalgic for Europe is the architecture and the mountains. When I lived traveled in Germany and France it was to die for. You never wanted to leave. Take care and tell Kevin that another fan of his says "Hi". Stay warm and keep the blogs coming! Very interesting. And oh yes...I can relate to your comments on the Munich Airport...ugh! Hopefully I can coax Sherm into taking me to the reunion in 2010 in Wiesbaden. Keep your fingers crossed.
Make sure you get some travel time in to some other places while you're there! Bring me a souvenir. :-) Kimberly
group, banana, swing, pile, baggy, float, eye line, faking.
I find it always helps to use new words in context, you know, the old grade-school assignment "Use these words in a sentence." Let's try it!
"You're light in the banana; let me float this idea, we can group a fake in your baggy and see if we can swing the eye line to your pile."
Hmmmm. Points for completeness!
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