Friday, April 01, 2005

Extra

So I was walking down to Queen St. this afternoon and I saw a sign on the sidewalk that said "Commercial shooting" and as I turned the conrer, sure enough there were 3 huge black Escalade SUV's staring in their very own commercial. They hadn't started shooting yet when a guy came up to me asking me if I had a couple hours free and wanted to be an extra in the commercial. Ummm yeah. SO thats what I did this afternoon, I was in an Escalade commercial. Nothing big, i was just in the background with about 80 other people, we had to be a "Street scene" so we walked back and forth and when the Escalades drove by we all stopped and stared at them. It was fun. Then they didnt need us so i stayed and watched for a bit when a horrible woman came up to me and this conversation took place:
(hear her voice as a high pitched whiney kiwi accent)
"are the busses not running?" she squeeks
"oh, no not from here" I say
"Why?" she whines
"They are shooting a commercial" i say pointing to the camera crew
"Ugh, thats disgusting, now I cant get to bloody Barth" she storms off.
Fantastic right.
Fantastic.