Tuesday.
Monday's shooting schedule.
Simon arrived as the rest of us finished up hair and makeup. I could understand why he called out the day before, he looked horrible. His skin a shade of green. Dark circles under his eyes.
Andrew jumped up from his chair and walked to set.
"I hope you're feeling better," Carrie said, following Andrew.
"You okay, bud? I asked.
"I'm fine," Simon said curtly, sitting down so the makeup crew could start getting him ready.
Leah and I looked at each other, not sure of how to handle the situation. Luckily Lowe interrupted us and asked to speak to Simon alone. Leah and I hurried off to set.
*
Most of Tuesday's shooting focused on me. Fortunate for us, because Simon looked and acted completely off.
The first scene: the principal drags me out of the library and I push a computer of a desk as I leave. I smashed five computers until Lowe moved on.
The next scene: John falls through the ceiling sneaking back into the library. A stunt man did the actual falling, but I needed to capture the shot right after I land on the floor. Lowe quickly captured the footage he needed, and we moved on.
Third scene: I'm hiding under the desk while the principal grills the students about the noise he heard. This scene took us hours, and the rest of the shooting schedule pushed into Wednesday.
Andrew, Carrie, and Simon rushed out so fast that Leah and I walked to the parking lot alone.
"Simon looked awful today," Leah said
"Yeah, he probably has the flu or something."
"Something."
Leah and I drove back to the Shire, put on Drop Dead Gorgeous, and passed out twenty minutes into the movie.
*
Wednesday.
Shooting Schedule:
Pot Smoking sequence moved from Tuesday.
Leah empties her purse out
Andrew and Allyson talk privately.
The group sits in a circle and talks, everybody opening up.
*
Simon looked a little bit better. Lowe made everybody stay until almost midnight to finish shooting everything. The longest day of my life.
