June 19, 2005
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Owwwie!
Tomorrow will be Week 3 on “The Gene Generation” and I’m getting to do a lot of suff I normally don’t get to do on film.
If I were to make a “BLT“ analogy, I’d say my character, “Jackie” in “TGG” is more “Virgil” than “Ben” — in that he’s very extroverted and impulsive. So it’s nice that I get to show a fun and explosive side more so than I’ve been able to do in the past.
I also have a few action sequences (ie: diving for guns, busting through doors) that will be very nice money shots for the demo reel. But in obtaining these, there is a price to pay. In blood.
The first photo is of a scar on my neck line (hopefully not permanent). In one of the takes when Bai Ling grabbed me, her metal ring literally raked a huge slash from my collar
bone down. And then in the take after that, her ring slashed me in the same exact spot, ensuring that no flesh was to be left in that area.
My hands all have cuts and nicks from fighting or struggling in a close-quartered room filled with a various circuited machinery. And since we have to maintain continuity – you can’t have a bandaged or scarred “Jackie” in one scene and then not in another. So the set medic sprays on this “liquid bandage” on the wound (basically glue) and the mark
gets covered up with makeup.
Then I got this huge bruise on my hip while falling backwards into a metal cart. The funny part is that whilst falling backwards, I thought to myself, “Whew, I cleared that metal cart!”… and then SMACK! – Right into the damn cart.
I over-extended my left shoulder in doing a weird-angled throwing motion. And then I over-extended my right shoulder by repeating the motion to the set medic to describe how I over-extended my left shoulder. And then the 15 takes of diving across the floor for a gun didn’t help on the shoulders. But from what the crew told me — it all looks pretty damn cool.
“Bones Break, Chicks dig scars, Pain is temporary …Glory is forever.”
I wouldn’t mind obtaining any of those things in that quote… except for the first one.
Comments (13)
ouch! hope it was worth it!
hahaha..the replacements…
*scringes* Ouch… The scar looks pretty bad but put neosporine on it and it shall be better… haha
Good Luck on everything and it’s true that chicks do dig scars… I do… depending on what and where.
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Careful, Parry. Ouch !
owwwww…>_< Being an actor is hard work. Perhaps you can say they are badges of honor? Get better soon.
it’s your first father’s day! hope it was good =)
perry!! why are you so aweesome.
Hope you had a wonderful first Father’s Day — with lots of hugs and kisses, as opposed to scrapes, bruises, or broken bones. Take care.
- S
Chicks dig scars? Hmm…maybe I’m different. hehe =)
i think you’re just trying to hide a hicky, bruise on hip? likely story =P all an elaborate ploy, did you really acquire that neck scratch on set? hehe.
Ouch. Well, I hope you’re having fun on the set. And don’t worry, I’m sure that in the end, it’ll be worth all that pain and suffering. :]
heh I use the word Vergil as a synonym for perverted because we all know that the guy was a pig.
so i’m jane the intern from the set. hahahah.
now i can say that i’ve met parry shen and that i “know” him. sweet.
and do u have any pics of u w/ the fake blood and all?? i knew i should carry my camera around. that makeup was tight.