Waiting on Willis
By Bill Karz • Oct 17th, 2006 • Category: green.
The advantage of working in Downtown LA is recognizing places you see in movies you thought were made somewhere else. One day the Biltmore Hotel on 5th Avenue is the ritzy property left in the background of an upscale London-based scene, next thing you know you recognize it in Ghostbusters.
The disadvantage is waiting for the damn scene to be shot. How the hell am I supposed to get my work done when I’m waiting for Bruce Willis to be chased in a Porsche down Hope Street while shooting Die Hard 4?
Some of the signs read: “Walkway is Closed” or “If you walk down this street, you will be filmed and not compensated.”
My face may not be as valuable as that of Bruce Willis, but I at least demand an hour’s pay. If there are any industry execs out there, please reimburse me for that embarrassing scene with the painted elephants waiting ahead of me in line at the public library.
Bill Karz is Managing Editor, LosAngelesNomad.com
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