Dr.Travis: The Next Star Celebrity of 2011: 13 April

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Take Three on Filming "Medallion" w/Boston Legal's Mark Valley and Actor Garrett Hines!!

Well, on set today (Apr. 13), I filmed with the actors Nick Cage and Mark Valley and New Orleans local actor, Garrett Hines. Garrett and Mark are two FBI Agents chasing down Cage in the French Quarter because he is trying to find his missing daughter through all the chaos of Mardi Gras Partiers and that was the entire scene that we were filming from 6am utnil 7PM! Yup, we were filming all day on that day. When we broke for lunch, that is when I asked Mark Valley for a photo and he said sure and I told him that I had just watched him on Law and Order: SVU in the episode 'Paternity" from Season 9 and he told me that was a long time ago! I told him not for me because I saw it just last week! He chuckled at me-then I went to ask Garrett for a picture and he said yes! Me and Garrett are now Facebook friends and we are keeping in touch! So if we both make it big-we can say we were in the movie business together! :) All day we filmed the same scenes. Nick Cage is in a cop's bar and the two FBI agents recognize him and as he steps put of the bar to take a call he runs through the crowd (all the extras) to find someone as the FBI agents try to catch him. The camera was zooming in on the extras partying in the streets and just walking around the area looking busy! It was very intense because the Director told us to look like we were drunk, throwing beads, etc. Typical NOLA behavior for Mardi Gras! After a few hours, we switched positions and some of us had to get on the 2nd floor balcony of a building and dance and talk, smoke and throw beads to the people on the first floor-just like a typical party day in the Quarter. A lot of tourists were around the area and saw Nick and asked him for pictures, and of course, he obliged. That is just the type of person that he is. I was moved closer to Nick the whole day. The Director kept me close to Nick. I do not know if he planned on doing that or what because I was not going to question it because I will be seen a lot in the film if I am around Nick and he is the star! I just behave so calmly when I see/film with the celebs...I stare at them because I cannot believe that I am filming a movie with a legendary actor, but I am and it is great and that is how filming went. I was also told that Malin Akerman wrapped her scenes on the 11th and she flew out the morning that I was set to film. I was sad by that because I would have loved the chance to meet and talk with her because other friends of mine who had the opportunity tow work with her said that she was so strikingly beautiful and kind. In conclusion, filming today was great and very exhausting! I "fake partied" so much that I was so tired I could not walk. I was tired to stand, wherever I could lean on a Medallion taxicab I did, I was completely drained and I now understand why celebs want to get off the set in those nice black Escalades and go and have a nice relaxing time wherever they want to go! Lol

Actor Mark Valley and I On Set...he is an FBI Agent in Medallion!