Yesterday I spent the day on a film set making a commercial,\u00a0 Well, two commercials, actually.\u00a0 It was a long, hot day, but that’s the name of the game and if you don’t like the heat etc etc etc.<\/p>\n
But one of the delights of yesterday was the food.\u00a0 Now food on a film set can be really hit and miss.\u00a0 But yesterday’s was a treat.\u00a0 I would even venture to suggest it was\u00a0bordering on the gourmet.\u00a0 Growing up in Dagenham we would have described it as “posh food”.\u00a0 Beautifully cooked and presented – an enormous salad table that included roasted aubergines, sun-dried tomatoes and asparagus – it was, indeed, delicious.<\/p>\n
And as I was tucking in, my mind drifted back to 1999 when I was “background” in a film called A Kind Of Hush, as a bag-lady..\u00a0 The wardrobe and make-up departments did their jobs so well that when it came to lunchtime they refused to serve me, thinking that I really was a bag-lady who was trying to cadge a free lunch!\u00a0<\/p>\n
You can see me if you click on this link:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wAPgXJBxGbE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yes, dear Reader, that’s me!\u00a0 Sitting on the ground at King’s Cross Station. (No comments about some things never changing, please!!)\u00a0 But at least in the end they did feed me!,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday I spent the day on a film set making a commercial,\u00a0 Well, two commercials, actually.\u00a0 It was a long, hot day, but that’s the name of the game and if you don’t like the heat etc etc etc. But … Continue reading