The end is near...for ALIAS
Argh! I just set a date for the test. If you see me doing anything other than study, kick my a$$.
Alias returns Wednesday, April 19 and I can't wait.
This from the ALIAS casting director, Chad Darnell (http://chaddarnell.typepad.com/) from his blog about the second to last episode and finale:
MARCH 30, 2006
We got the outline for the finale of "Alias" this morning then had our final concept meeting at the studio for three hours this morning.
If nothing else, I am so happy to be a part of the shows finale. Drew Goddard and Jeff Pinkner are writing the final script, and the final two hours air back to back. It's perfect. It's brilliant. It's exactly the way the show should end. And sitting around that table with people I've worked with for five years, and watching as we hash out the last hour of the series was such a powerful experience. "Alias" was like getting my doctorate. Because of the accessability of the producers and writers, I've learned more in five years on THAT show than 100 years in college. And it's nice to have five box sets of DVDs and point to it on a shelf and say, "that is the work that I am most proud of."
MARCH 24, 2006
I can't talk about the script. I can't talk about the script. It's the second to last script of the series. It's brilliant.
And I nearly threw up.
Because in the TEASER - they are in seven different locales - and they are all going to be complicated extras to cast.
So - I arrive at the meeting late. I pulled a chair next to Alison, one of the writers. I poked her and said, "you hate me, don't you." She feigns surprise. "Why?" "Oh, I don't know..." I began rattling off all the different sets and she said, "think of it as a showcase."
The episode is GI-NORMOUS. Which scares the hell out of me, because if this is the SECOND to last... what's the ending. Honestly, I think there are more extras in this script than in any script we've ever shot. There was a lengthy conversation about how it is going to be expensive, but it's going be great. No idea how it all ends, but I'm excited. And terrified.
This is me pretending to be Agent Bristow:
i'm in
So, I thought I'd join in on the blogger fun, too. Not like anyone would want to actually hear what I have to say, but I thought I'd procrastinate more and find something else other to do than to study.
I worked my two days of the week already and am not due back at work 'til Sunday. What do I do on my days off? Yesterday, I took a scenic tour on Mullholand Drive. The view from the 10th floor at the hospital is pretty nice. On one side, you can see Santa Monica and the ocean. You can see all the nice and expensive homes on the hills on the other side. I went up Laurel Canyon to Mulholland and down Beverly Glen. It was all very pretty, too cold to get out, just enjoying the drive. I drove this way only once before. On my first day as a PA, I was sent to Harry Hamlin's house, Lisa Rinna's husband to deliver something before his flight to Australia to shoot a movie. Rush hour LA, big maroon van, map in my lap and cell phone and walkie talkie going off the hook. "What's your ETA?" Next five minutes, "What's your ETA?" After all that, I get to his house as his limo is pullng out. I stop the car. He says, "Are you the one I've been waiting for?" I nod yes and apologize for the delay, hand him the suitcase and drive 1 1/2 hours home to Irvine. I would have been able to see his house if I had gotten there sooner.
I still didn't want to go home to study, so I drove more and ended up on Sunset going towards Pacific Palisades. Pretty homes there, too. JJ Abrams lives out there. So, of course I was a little bit of a stalker. I found their library and went to check it out. Small and nice, but not somewhere I could really study. Drove east to Brentwood and found their library. Two stories, but no real study area. Saw the Whole Foods and Starbucks Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck shop at. The last library I checked out was the one in Venice. Of the three, I'd probably go there.
Then, I went grocery shopping. Just an observation, but LA people are really impatient. What is the rush? If you just calm down, you'll get to where you're going and you won't pop an aneurysm. I was in line to pay and the lady infront of me had to have special attention. The lady behind me kept getting closer and closer saying, "What's going on here?" Repeat x2. You know when you can just feel the tension rise? I tried to act as a buffer and just smile. What are you going to do? Chill, lady.
Ended the day with Indian food with Cile, Rache and Pat. Cile showed me her sketchings for the short film they're creating. Made me smile.
I started a blog/diary entry a couple years ago, but like most things I got lazy. Here a link to it:
Gwen's old siteThat's me, today. Have a good day!
-gwen
