NEW MDH news/rumor- some good, some bad...

Dara Zeehandelaar ([email protected])
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 15:39:14 -0800

So I went down today- hey, it's close to my house, might as well. The
same actors that were there yesterday were there today too, plus Jimmy
Smits (I didn't know he was in it! A crew guy just told me he was
there- I didn't actually see him). They're also doing some massive set
building inside what is pretty much a squalid building- they were
building new 'rooms' out of drywall and redoing the whole ground floor.
I looked around, talked to some people I knew, etc. Well, I spent quite
awhile talking to a very nice production assistant whose name escapes me
right now who had the crappy job of standing around outside waiting for
something to happen. Now when you read on, keep in mind that I'm just
repeating what the guys told me. It could be true, it could not be
true.

Anyway, here's the good news first: the shoot is not JUST this week,
it's for 35 DAYS! This was confirmed by a bunch of people, not just the
PA, so if you want to go by and see the sign or filming or whatever, you
have awhile to do so. The average movie shoot is about 8 weeks, so
that's a big chunk of the movie. Here's more good news- apparently Bono
(I don't know about the rest of U2) will be doing the soundtrack. I'm
pretty sure that was a no-brainer, but there's some 'confirmation' for
you. Here's the last bit of good news- Bono's part *will* be filmed
there. Now, notice I said "Bono's part" and not "Bono." Read on for
the bad news...

The bad news (wait, let me call this the bad RUMOR! Not confirmed!
Just rumor!!!): Bono's part might not be Bono's part. The PA had no
doubt that at *some* point Bono would be there to see how the project
was coming, although he didn't know when. But he also said that he knew
that Bono might not be playing whatever bit part he had, because of
scheduling conflicts and because he was in the studio right now (woohoo,
in the studio!). Important note: this is in NO WAY confirmed! I'm just
repeating what I heard from a production assistant. RUMOR RUMOR RUMOR!
<--there, is that enough of a disclaimer!

Anyway, hope this information was beneficial to some. Oh, one more
thing- the security guard says "HI" to all the people who came
yesterday!

wearing lemon,
Dara

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