Of all the shows I have been one, this one sounds most promising with the concept and set of characters as described below from: http://www.buzzsugar.com/1748476
Jason Schwartzman excites HBO.No, the actor who was once Max Fischer isn't yawning every time he channel-surfs past the network that once brought you The Sopranos (at least not that we know of). Bored to Death is just the name of the network's new half-hour comedy pilot that just cast Schwartzman in the lead.
It doesn't sound boring at all.The show centers on Schwartzman's character, Jonathan, a 30-something struggling writer living (and drinking heavily) in Brooklyn. After he breaks up with his girlfriend, he decides to refashion himself as a private detective in the vein of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett heroes. According to the Hollywood Reporter.
So it was appropriate that the scene that I was booked on took place in "Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Also known as "Little Kiev!" I have never been to Brighton Beach and always wanted to go. So I hopped on the "Q" train which I caught on 57 th street in Manhattan and I was on the train for about and hour and a half!
Our call time was originally for 11:00am, and now I knew why. Though that didn't matter because I was still about 40 minutes late on arrival and thought for sure I was going to sent home by casting. Though I wasn't and I got my voucher to fill out and was sent to wardrobe.
This was one of those sets where I could not hide from wardrobe and had to change and accept what I was given in return for my voucher as collateral. This usually sucks and I always avoid this because it means an extra line at the end of the day, but with a set of 80 people, it wasn't that bad. In fact I kind of enjoyed dressing up and putting on a dress for a change.
The worst part of the day had to be the weather. Unlike a few days ago with the unseasonably warm temps, it was freezing cold out on the boardwalk that day. We were all dressed up and were wearing high heel shoes. I brought my flip-flops to walk out on the boardwalk. A couple of women did get their heels stuck walking form the holding area to the Russian restaurant we were shooting at.
Speaking of shootings..or at least a drug deal gone wrong..We all eye witnessed a "Brighton Beach boardwalk bust!" Within second two police cruised and a helicopter above captured and seized the "boardwalk miscreant" in handcuffs and stuffed him in the NYPD car. Since it was close to where the set was, some of us thought that this was the scene we would be involved in.
Th day started out exciting with that scenario, though the entire rest of the day was a complete bust and a huge disappointment for myself because I never got to be on set and was scolded out by this bitchy PA who was on the rag to "Not talk, or you're out!" Meanwhile, everyone is talking around me and they are not even shooting anything. Really tired of pissy attitudes from power hungry twenty-something PA's. I don't need that crap.
It was bad enough that this little bitch kept looking over me and gave me the evil eye as I was sitting there as quiet as a church mice and freezing as it was really bone chilling cold in there with no heat on at all. Finally I couldn't take anymore and went back to holding and changed my clothes.
About and our later, around 11pm, the other PA came to holding and was getting papers ready. It was a wrap. I was So relieved. It was nighttime now, and we headed to the subway to catch the "Q" train back. That took an hour and a half for me to get back to Queens. Tomorrow would be the same thing. Day 2 of this crap..or so I thought..Stay tuned to Day 2, which clearly was outstanding and totally made up for this day..
Back to One!
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