July 18, 2005

• “TGG” Pics

  
  

  At a certain point in “TGG“, my character cleans up and I wind up wearing this pristine all-white outfit.  And of course, on the same day I switch costumes — what’s being served for lunch?

  
  

  Yep, Pasta with Red Sauce.

  
  

  Through visualization and foresight of all the potential slurping/spilling/bumping mishaps, I thought it better to strip down to eat lunch in my boxers.. all in the privacy of my trailer, of course.  

  
  

  And here’s some wallpaper that the director came up with for my character, Jackie.  Plus a teaser of the film.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  Then at one point in the shoot while waiting for another lighting set up, the hair and makeup crew got inspired to make an action figure out of my character from a Happy Meal “Sharkboy” toy. 

  
  

  You know you’ve made it when you have hair extentions glued to someone else’s action figure.

  
  

  And speaking of hair extentions, the one thing I was most looking forward to was getting rid of the suckers (although I have to admit, they look pretty damn cool in the wallpaper and movie — I haven’t had “hair shadow” on my face for a long time). 

  
  

  You’ve heard that brushing/combing your hair regularly is good for the scalp because it distributes the oils, right?  I so can vouch for that.  Since the extentions were latched onto my own hair, the real stuff never got to move around at all and I started to have festering breakouts on my scalp.  Even the best shampoo job didn’t stop it.

  
  

  So seeing each bastard lock of hair, lying on the table when they got taken out was the crowning achievement of the film for me.

  
  

  However on the last day, there was talk of possible re-shoots to get some inserts of stuff we had to cut out because of scheduling.  And then more talk of getting together to shoot stills for the one sheet (the poster).  And I could almost swear I heard the pile extentions taunt in high-pitched voices, “Oh, we’ll be back.  We’ll be back.” 

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