A couple behind-the-scenes photos.
I have been laid low by the flu. This week has been very rough for me, although strangely productive as well, with me literally blackberry-ing people I need to contact for this or that project from my sick bed, sending huge attachments via email and then having to delete them instantly because my blackberry can’t store all of it. But I am really run down. I’m surprised I haven’t gotten sick sooner.
So, from my flu-ridden state, I take comfort where I can find it.
I do enjoy these photos, there’s something delightfully absurd about the whole thing (especially the guy with the clapper submerged in the ocean.
Apparently the shoot went on for so much longer than they had originally anticipated that they were filming much of the final sequence (with the smashed sailboats and stranded teens, etc.) in late December. Yes, they were in Florida, but it got chilly as hell, and it was supposed to be the middle of summer, and all of the kids were hanging out on the sailboats all day, filming their scenes, shivering, teeth chattering, and they would suck on ice cubes before a shot so their breath didn’t show.
I love the last picture, with the two teenagers freaking out right next to a guy who appears to be in his underpants and posing for a glamour shot.
Coming up: the next Ben Marley-focused episode of “Square Pegs”
You know, the episode called “It’s Academical”. The last four days have been insane, what with the flu, meetings run via blackberry, writing projects piling up, and my overwhelming malaise. But I haven’t forgotten Ben Marley! How could I? I…