April 9, 2007
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Dat’s My Girl!
In the beginning of the year, I wrote about Avery’s first gig on Natasha Bedingfield’s latest video, “I Wanna Have Your Babies” — and here it is below! She’s the first baby in the video scioned by the Asian Brotha.
I’m probably biased but the video seems to get more and more ridiculous after her appearance. But I supposed that’s to be expected from a video being titled, “I Wanna Have Your Babies”.
Anyway, in the wideshots (where you see all three of them: Avery in the stroller, Natasha and the Asian Trainer), Avery was looking towards the camera and bee-bopping her shoulders along with the music– it was perfect.When they punched in for her close-up, they ran out of film and took a good 5
minutes to reload. In the meantime, people were rushing around for a film mag and Avery was starting to get a little antsy (she’d already been shooting the wide for about 15 minutes).I had anticipated something like this, so I whipped out my backup plan: Pre-Pocketed Jelly Bellies.
Since she never gets the stuff, she sat contently munching as they finished reloading. Crisis averted. However, when it came time to shoot — she was still chewing on the sweet goodness that is the Juicy Pear Jelly Belly and would not stop. And there was noooo way she was letting me take it out her mouth. So that’s why in her closeup (at the 2:58 mark) her mouth is all open in mid-bite and she’s not bee-bopping to the song they way she originally was. 
I’m slowly becoming Kit Culkin 
(“The stage father from hell” – A title the press gave to him after a number of controversial decisions on behalf of his son Macaulay Culkin).
Comments (23)
too cute!
I saw that video and Avery looks adorable! The song’s story put into context how Avery had a place in the video afterall.
your baby’s adorable!
it’s awesome to see an asian man put in a role where he is sexually desired. a nice change from the normal stereotypes.
You should be very proud of Avery. Fantastic!
Awesome dude.
she is just darling!
thats too cute congratulations =D
she is just adorable… following in daddy’s footsteps
Yeah… Not good to be Kit Culkin. Good to see your kid. Thanks for the video, that was hilarious!
She’s so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!
aww, she’s gorgeous! perfect blend of u & kim …
i think she’s still cute even with the mouth open! maybe even cuter than if she was predictably dancing!
She is just too cute! I know how proud you are ~ My son’s first print ad comes out soon and I’ll be sharing it on xanga too!! His photog handed out dollar bills to the kids to keep them smiling and happy – my three year old loved that!! Here’s to not becoming anything like Kit Culkin or any other scary stage parents! LOL
That’s so great, she’s following in daddy’s footsteps! Perry, I was stoked when I saw you on Brothers&Sisters, that was awesome.
it’s ok, she’s so cute!!!!!! in her close up it looks like she’s saying “babies” when natasha sings it, haha
what a debut! good for her. perhaps she could be the future 007 girl:)
your daughter is adorable! it’s about damn time a major recording artist featured an asian-american male lead and a hapa baby in a music video.
adorable (:
hey parry, i subscribed to your site and thought i’d introduce myself. i’m kim, i’m vietnamese, and i’m a 19-year-old film major at columbia college chicago, concentration in cinematography.
i actually just watched BLT for the first time earlier (i know, i’m four years behind), and i have to say i enjoyed it a lot and thought your performance was great. after some initial imdb reading, i came upon your xanga.
so, two weeks ago i went to a premiere of finishing the game, and justin lin was there (so was roger and sung) and he discussed asians’ struggle in the industry, so i wanted to say i support you and wish you the best of luck, and hope that in the future i can bring some change as an asian in the industry.
p.s. your daughter is adorable
haha, cute kid!
surplus, i know, but she is a-dor-able. i could say it again for emphasis. adorable!
i am addicted to the song. it’s kind of sad. Haha.
*YAY* You’re updating again!