After taking a holiday in Cyprus, we are then working on the set of the new Ewan McGregor / Naomi Watts film that is scheduled to be released in late 2011 recently and amongst the numerous discussions we were having the topic of film catering came up.
Now for those of you not in the know, which I expect means just about everyone, making a film consists of periods of boredom interspersed by moments of monotony.
For an extra it means arriving on set at a very early hour to get dressed and made up – the film we are making involves lots of blood and mud so it takes a while to get everyone ready.
In order to keep everyone content and to stop them wandering off food and liquid is kept on constant flow.
Breakfast is available on arrival at 5am with sandwiches following at 10am. Lunch is taken at 1pm and cakes are available around 3pm – more frequently if you were observant and saw where they were being kept.
Though out all of this filming is going on somewhere on the set, except for the one hour lunch break so part of the trick as an extra is to make sure you do not have your face in a bowl of something when the director comes calling….
Now the food on this set is not bad, quantities are good and the meals varied each day but those in the know tell tales of culinary delights being served constantly including steaks, lasagnas, stir fries, chips and burgers – in fact all that you could ask for.
In fact about the only thing you will not find on set is alcohol – apparently the director gets really annoyed if one of the extras has a little too much to drink and starts to sing or snore during filming. Even worse is throwing up on the leading actor……
Got to go - the Director is screaming for the fat guy in the swimming trunks
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