Yancey,
I was surprised the day I got the phone call and asked if I was interested. I mulled it over for a long time and then decided at the last minute to do it.
The morning I showed up to do the part I changed in the Wardrobe trailer and went to the site of the starter house. A lot of hustle and bustle and then someone grabbed me and showed me where I was supposed to stand. It seemed like a lot of people telling me what, where and why and I was trying to grasp it all in a very short time period. While I was waiting for the rest of the actors to show up I stood by the starter shack and looked out over the golf landscape and thought how surreal. Why me?
What was supposed to take a few hours took a little over 5 hours to complete. Many different camera angles and Mason doing a lot of do overs to make sure it was perfect. I remember the director (Susan) telling Mason, that was great let's do it again. I thought to myself wow were done, she said it was great but what she really meant was will do it over and over till it is better then great.
If Mike Keiser told me while we were working on Old Macdonald, " Jim that hole looks great' I wouldn't think to myself, gee let's blow it up and start over again let's make it better then great.
I wouldn't change a thing and I am glad I got to be a part of that whole scene. It was cool and I now appreciate the work that goes into every film. What a very professional group of people and the hard work they put into the film I believe will show up when the film is released.
My part was for only a few seconds but to me it seemed like an eternity.