So, yesterday I completed my first real Acting jobs since my return (i.e. a job I had to go through a casting process to get the role). It was an advert for a well-known high street bank and I was playing the role of Younger Removal Man (‘type-casting’ I hear some of you cry!).
The car turned up at 7.30 and whisked me off, very slowly through rush-hour traffic, to a Central London location where we arrived to find a hive of activity. After a quick change into costume and a dab of make-up it was off to….. yep, you’ve guessed it….
…the catering waggon for breakfast.
Bacon sandwich consumed, the crew were ready and we were off to set. We took our places and shooting began. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed doing the same simple thing time after time – even when, having been in a prominent position right in the middle of shot, I was moved (relegated) to ‘back-of-head-man’ position walking away from camera. Hey-ho that’s the way it goes sometimes!
It was a wonderful day, with a fantastic bunch of people – I’m now just looking forward to the next one(s)!
William Baylis 