Poor Alex! And news about Monday's filming...

[frodos-smile.livejournal.com]

I think Alex is on painkillers... This is his blog entry from today, and is rather incoherent. But I think I have the gist of his message in my poor translation...




Estoyecribiendo desdeunadeesasmaquinashorriblesdel aeropuerto, de esa que me metescutroeuros yte dejan escribirunossegundos.Ahoramism cojoel avion para Londres. Me he torcido el tobillo ayer,lo tengo venddo,peroetoyvivo.quemal escribe esto,dios. mañan ruedo lassecuencias desexo entreelijah y leonor...Esperoquetodo vy bien.

My very poor translation...
I am ecribiendo since one of those you plot horrible of the airport, of that that put me cutro euro and they leave you to write some seconds.now mism lame the avion for London. I have twisted me the ankle yesterday, I have it venddo, but I am alive.that badly writes this, God. tomorrow we film the sequences of sex between Elijah and Leonor. I hope everything goes well.


As I said, with the incredible run-ons in his typing today, I think poor Alex must be on painkillers because of his ankle. I had to guess at where to separate the words for the translation, and still can't get it right. Honestly, I didn't even try with some of it. But I do feel confident of the last two sentences. :-)

Comments

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

OK I just worked out what SO means! *duh* Actually I think if it were me I would prefer to have the SO there. I would feel MORE guilty and unfaithful if they weren't. That way the SO can see that it's all just business as usual and see how clinical it all is - what with the camera and sound boom in your face and a dozen smelly crew members standing by. Otherwise you could have a conversation like "Honey, how did filming go today?" "Oh you know.." "No I DON'T know -TELL ME, Mr Sex Scene Actor-Boy!!" LOLOL! I guess if that's the way an actor prefers it then I'm sure a director will go with whatever makes it easier for the actor to get the best performance so to speak.

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

OK, so you figured out it means "significant other"! ;-)

Actually I think if it were me I would prefer to have the SO there. I would feel MORE guilty and unfaithful if they weren't.

Maybe one day when you & I are famous movie stars, we can swap notes about our sex scenes, hey?!

;-D

~Lyra

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

:D!! Hopefully those sex scenes will involve sandwiches or rice paper rolls - nudge nudge wink wink.

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm ... huge baguettes dripping with mayo! Hot spring rolls ... yummy! ;-)

~Lyra

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

;D Do you write fan fic by any chance? You should!! And that icon is just perfect!

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Yes, I *do* write fanfic! And thanks for the compliment about my Sam icon, which I created along with this one to go with a F/S first-time fic! :-)

~Lyra

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! I just knew Frodo had to be the object of Sam's mesmerised expression! I hope I'll get a chance to read some of your fic one day!

[lyrastar77.livejournal.com]

Oh, you will I'm sure! :-) I haven't written a huge amount, but I've posted up some of it in my fic archive comm at hot_hobbits. Do you write any fic yourself? If so, as long as it fits in with the comm rules, you'd be welcome to post it over there.

~Lyra

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

I've only written one which I've only just put up at my LJ. A truly stupid thing it is too! :D When I have some reading time on my hands I'll hop on over to your fic archive and check it out!

[maddeningpadme.livejournal.com]

"see how clinical it all is - what with the camera and sound boom in your face and a dozen smelly crew members standing by"

^ that's exactly what I was meaning. and --- some of them crew ppl, perverted even! lmao. I did some small crew work for a tiny tiny tiny film a couple mon ago & the actors had this romantic scene walking outside, right. you have the director, the first AD, the cinematographer, the camera op, the dude holding the boom mic, etc etc all around these 2 ppl trying to be all romantic lol. and in the background us PA's on standby. and this is just for a tiny-arse film! imagine what it'd be like for a big-ass film. i don't see how any actor could *really* enjoy doing a sex scene w/so many ppl around. it'd just make me even more tense than I already was.

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Oh that's cool that you got that experience. Whenever I see "behind-the-scenes" stuff on making films it never ceases to amaze me how actors ever manage to perform at all. Although it's a totally different and perhaps much scarier acting environment I imagine it's much easier for stage actors to immerse themselves in a part than it is for screen actors.

[maddeningpadme.livejournal.com]

not necessarily. i totally know what you're saying but i guess it depends on the actor in particular. it may seem like it'd be easier for stage actors but that really depends on your dedication, how focused you can be, how well you can tune out other stuff. if you're a screen actor, you just have to research & be as in character as possible & not let anything else take you out of the zone, so to speak. same w/stage actors. i think w/screen actors tho, it might be easier sometimes for your focus to drift tho, for stupid reasons, like being transfixed by the Kraft services table lmao :P i def wouldn't say it's much easier for stage actors but i can understand why that would be the assumption. I've mostly only done stage shows but it can be darn hard to concentrate sometimes, for sure. esp. when things go wrong. mad mad flailing! lol

[chickenlegs-11.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think I know what you're saying. I've done a bit of stage work myself and you sometimes can be distracted by people shuffling about in the wings, the stage manager whispering directions into their mike or someone coughing and spluttering in the front row of the audience. Stage and film acting each are different disciplines I suppose with their own sets of challenges. I've never had a alot of lines just mainly done smaller roles but the "mad mad flailing" I can relate too, especially when the crew plant their traditional booby-traps and gags during the last dress rehearsal. :D