Distractions

So a few months ago, Jaeden's drama teacher told the students in her class about a local casting call for an upcoming TV series. She suggested they go to get a feel for what it is like and maybe even end up on TV! Jaeden was so excited and of course her daddy was happy to take her. So Jaeden and her girlfriend filled out paperwork, brought their head shots, and stood in a LONG line at an area mall, waiting to be seen by the casting director. Well when they finally reached the director, she took one look at Neil and said, "You are actually what we are looking for. Are you interested?" Neil didn't think much of it, took the paperwork home, and eventually threw it away. A few weeks ago, I remembered that filming was about to start and secretly sent an email to the casting director with Neil's info, and attached the most recent picture I had of him (I happened to be in it, too). Neil got a phone call on Saturday afternoon asking if he would be interesting in filming and she asked if I would be available to film, too...Why not, right?! And a perfect distraction from this long wait! So we spent the next few days frantically collecting various outfits to film two scenes (jazz and ballroom). They even sent Neil to get fitted for a tux! Wednesday morning we showed up at a parking lot in uptown Charlotte and they shuttled us to the Ritz Carlton for filming. It was a 12 hour day! There was a lot of down time and it gave us the opportunity to meet and talk with many of the people filming that day. I enjoyed that the most. People were from all walks of life...teachers, bankers, actors. While we were filming, most of the time was spent pantomiming with strangers. It was actually quite funny!
So be on the look out for a Showtime series called "Homeland" starring Claire Danes, hopefully out in August. You might get a quick glimpse of one of us in the background, pantomiming away! ;-)