I had wanted to post this from the balcony of my hotel in Rhodes, however, time was not on my side so instead I am writing from the sofa in my living room!
I have just got back from Greece where I was playing the role of Jacob (the dad) in a corporate, customer experience film for a well-known travel brand.
It all came about rather quickly – on Tuesday I got the call that I had booked the job and on Saturday afternoon I was on an aeroplane filming as the other passengers boarded (nothing like starting under pressure).
We landed at midnight and by the time I got to bed it was 
gone 2 am. Call time was 10 am next morning and after a brief chat about costumes we were on a minibus heading for our first location – ‘arriving at the hotel’. While I shouldn’t complain about the sun a couple of hours in 30 degree heat wearing jeans was definitely a touch uncomfortable – although I was definitely luckier than Sam (who was playing my wife) who was also in jeans along with a jumper and carrying her coat?!
The next couple of days were amazing (if busy)! Basically we had to have a ‘family holiday’ in three days, filming various activities, whether it was having a romantic meal, sightseeing, eating ice creams or relaxing by the pool (tough gig I know!).
The time in Greece flew by and before we knew it we were back in the UK with one more day of filming at a house in north London.
I felt quite sad as I said goodbye to the cast and crew who were all fantastic and who had made making the film so much fun. I can’t wait to see the final film and finally have some material to put towards a showreel.
William Baylis 