While Monday found most of America pushing pens at their respective desk jobs, I was busy infiltrating a teenage sex ring operation in a seedy hotel room in New York's Lower East Side.
Actually, the day was broken into two parts...the first half of the day I was booked as a CSI Tech in the lab. Let me start this entry by saying that I have not seen a single CSI show, since it's existence, and don't plan on it anytime soon. The idea of catching up on all these CSI's SVU's, NCIS's, etc...seems so overwhelming, as they crank them out faster than one can catch up, but I understand it's popularity.
This crime lab set was pretty impressive, it consisted of several different rooms, hallways, elevators, and was detailed all the way down to the software programs running on the laptops. I had to look up 100 feet at the stage roof to remind myself that I was not on location somewhere. If you look closely in this pic, you can see the Brooklyn Bridge in the window of this side room.
The second half of the day was great fun, which had me doing a little bit of actual "acting". Me and one other guy were cast as Missing Persons detectives in charge of rescuing said 'teenage sex slaves'. Gary Sinise bravely led on point for this operation, guns drawn, we kicked in the door and rescued all but one girl, (she couldn't get around the cameraman in time). The actor playing my partner was brand new to the business, so when the director was giving him direction to come in and escort a few of the girls, he assumed she gave him free range to use dialogue..."Right this way ladies, everything will be okay, just follow me" he exclaimed.
The director of course had to yell "cut", as this is a no-no in the world of background. Well, unfortunately for me...the AD came in and looked at me thinking I was the culprit, yelling "Who is talking? This isn't a speaking part, blah, blah, blah!" Of course, I wasn't going to rat the other guy out...but after it happened again on the 2nd take, I ended up talking to the rookie, and asking what the hell he was doing! He's a good guy, and we ended up having a good laugh about it afterward.
On a side note, me and another guy crept around the set over lunch and took a couple pictures. We found the interrogation room, and here is me doing my best 'Jack Bauer' impersonation.
"WHO DO YOU WORK FOR!!?"
boop. beep. boop. beep.
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