8 days straight with no breaks
I actually got to sleep in today as I wasn’t being picked up to go to set until 9:30am. Unfortunately I had a lousy night. I finally got my first ever case of the shits while overseas. I kept waking up to “take care of business”! I think it was the pizza I had last night.
I saw Bruce and Kan in the lobby. They were going to Pondicherry. Don’t know if any of the others were going too.
As soon as I got to set I was told that Dave C was needed I told the driver to go back to the hotel and pick up one person. Forty-five minutes later I heard from Dave asking where the bus was. Parthi called the driver and he was still on the lot! He didn’t understand what I had said. He left and got Dave and he got there on plenty of time.
We actually shot a lot today. Lots more than I ws originally told. We shot with a dummy head that Dave M had prepped earlier. Went well. Also shot with Rajini in the same makeup. That was totally unexpected as they had canned the idea of him wearing it awhile back (hence the dummy head with the prosthetic on it). But before that I did a quickie “paint only” version of the prosthetic that I airbrushed over on camera. I’ve doubled for Rajini a few times now.
While I was putting the prosthetic on him Dave did a shot with a mechanicle arm. He then went back to the hotel and I finished the day out.
Back in the workroom afterwards I had a wardrobe fitting with Arul (Rajini’s double), Sinu and Hussein for a major effects sequence starting Tuesday. Once done I went to turn off lights by the back door and saw there was water all over the floor! I called Parthi and he had someone come and take care of it. It was a leaky pipe for the sinks that had just been installed.
Back at the hotel I cleaned up and am now chillin’ in the Thai restaurant by myself and looking forward to my massage tomorrow morning.