The Big Show

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The macker has come and gone. it was an experience to say the least. The day started out with a nice long drive with the team to belding. when we got there the macker was already in full swing. our first game was right away and it was over extremely quickly. we didnt score one basket and we were still figuring out how to shoot the game with 5 cameras.

the second game was amazing. it went on for a good twenty minutes. and we actualy scored some baskets. marcus was the mvp of that game. there were no mvps in the first bout. greer was posting up the most ridiculous shots all day and screaming hoss sauce. the crowd was really behind us, we had a lot of people watching. it was weird to stay in character, but it wasnt that hard. just hiding laughing every now and then. we lost again. but we scored 4 points.

at one point this guy came on to try and practice while we were filming inbetween games. jerry shut him down pretty quick. it was fun to see.

We went back the next day. we were playing on the dream court. thats where they make this awesome looking court in the street, and little kids play on it. but jerry pulled some strings and we were in. jerrys family came to watch all the games, his brother even brought in the baby trucker. jerrys mom was feeding us the whole time and the people who worked at the gus macker were nothing but extremely nice the whole time.

before our last game we played a group of 14 year old girls for fun because their team didnt show up. we played hard, i got a black eye and rolled my ankle in the process. we also lost. and our next game was right after that, everyone was super tired and we soon realized playing those girls was not a good idea.

the last game was great, the court looked fantastic and the team played well. greer finally hit one of his ridiculous shots and jackson made a really nice jump shot. the macker went great, and we got everything that we needed to get there. it was choas, but in the best way.

dont call it a come back

jerrys storyboards are hilarious. they make no sense to me, but the end result is always spectacular.

the crew was small for the first half of the day. no sound needed. most of my clothes were not needed. i spent the first 4 hours in boxers getting ready. its for the very opening of the film. so now we have the beginning and the end. so were basically done. thats pretty much an inside joke. seeing as how when we started our end date was the first week of august. and as of right now were scheduled till the 18th. some days have been cancelled and unexpected things have happened, as they do with filming and life in general.

i had to do some push ups and sit ups on screen today. that was pretty embarrassing. also i had a pretty bad case of the giggles today. pretending to sleep seems to make me laugh uncontrollably for some reason.

i had to eat 2 different bowls of cereal on set today. i was really looking forward to it. but by the end i had had enough. casey made some really awesome fake mail that had addresses referencing our cats and dogs. really a fantastic prop.

me and greer had some great dialogue together. really funny stuff. and for lunch we had chicken salad with grapes. good stuff. today ended with a shower scene i had to do. it was pretty funny. fake crying is a good time. next we shoot the gus macker. pretty huge scene. its a weekend long shoot while staying in character and playing basketball while we guerilla shoot with multiple cameras against a real team.

also i made the logo for the jerseys this weekend. it turned out pretty awesome. its a stencil!

Aerosmith, two weeks.

a nice long day. 845 call time at jerrys. i picked tom up, its been a few weeks since me and tom have had our hip hop throwdowns on the way to set and it was nice to have it back. me and casey set up most of the set yesterday so there wasnt a lot to do right away. jerry took mark and jordan upstairs and shot them for a while. then we waited for mark boyd to show up.

while we waited we played a pretty awesome game of football in the front yard. jackie made an amazing catch into garbage cans and had a nice scrape on her arm. we moved onto the big breakup scene. jerry says my best scenes are the sad ones. i can pull off sad no problem. if only i could pull off highlights.

the day ended with some blood in the bathroom and it was pretty awesome. remember guys. aerosmith. two weeks.
tomorrow a lot of me and greer. weve begun shooting in the house so were not changing locations a ton right now. its making shooting pretty stable.

the end of all things.

yesterday our day was ruined by a funeral. another canceled day. but i didnt really get any pictures from today, so were going with these. please note that i am now posting pictures here that are not posted on facebook. this is called incentive.

today we shot me and greers ending. it was a sad somber scene. our end is now sealed. regardless of what happens this weekend. and i think we can pull it out. i really do. we did three different takes of our end. maybe the others will be on the dvd? each one is just different enough. thats all we shot today. lets just call tomorrow george clooney, because right now it is up in the air.

DAY OFF

today got canceled. Enjoy your weekend guys!

Wine and cheese liberal crowd

Today we shot in eaton rapids at one of caseys friends houses. and boy was it nice. right away we were greeted by the fattest fuzzyiest cat in the world. his name was vinnie and he was a hoot, until benny showed up and was way cuter. tonight we shot the fancy lawyer party and had some great extras show up.
Lucas zampetti playing a fantastic dean. Denny Green as lawyer stan and Alan ross as lawyer hanes. the people who let us use their house were super nice and they dressed up and played extras. it was nice to have karen back on set, her and greer are pretty funny to watch.
We gave everyone real wine for the shoot, this was a pretty strange idea. and weinstien was drinking real whiskey all night. it was another shoot that went well. home before midnight and i took a million pictures because i wasnt acting today. tomorrow is maybe the day, i just found out that it may be pushed back. i hope not, but i guess well see tomorrow.

Getting the gang back together.

Jerry made a great cameo today as Dr Donny Donaldson and gave a great speech about red tailed hawks. we had one of our first night shoots and it was a blast. i had to get a food set up for a fancy looking after party before the shoot. we shot in the same building we shot the end of the movie in, and we had a ton of extras today.

Mark Roebuck had some great improvs that every one trouble keeping a straight face over. and John Krohn proved to be funnier that expected. Everyone enjoyed the food trays, bread and shrimp. Today we learned that is all starts in parks. and that the gang may be starting up a barber shop quartet called "hot water burns babies." were going places.

A BABY WAS ON SET TODAY! and boy could she act. the shoot really was a lot of fun and i feel that most of the shooting this week hasnt had a lot of problems. today is one of our two days off that we get a week. i hope everyoe is enjoying it. i know i slept in today for as long as i could.

we are back at it tomorrow night for weinsteins party. and then saturday i finally get to be put in full body paint. ive been waiting for this forever.