Friday, May 24, 2013

More Captain America (again)

I feel like I am posting a lot about Captain America filming downtown, so sorry if this seems a little repetitive. Anyways, as I was walking into project this morning, I realized that they were filming on Euclid Avenue between East 6th street and East 18th street - which happens to be right in front of the Bulkley Building, where GLT is located and where some of Playhouse Square is. My sponsor allowed me and the other intern, Jeanine, to go outside and explore the set for a couple of hours, just to break up the daily pace. We wound up seeing three high velocity car chases about a few feet in front of us, which, I have to say, were awesome. Although some security personnel were a bit unfriendly, since whenever they started filming they would force pedestrians into buildings so they wouldn't be confused with the paid extras on set, most of them were nice and rerouted the blocked off streets quite well. We kept asking if any famous actors were around on that particular shoot, but they replied that we were only seeing the "Second Unit," which consists of all of the stunt people. None of them knew where "First Unit was," or where all the famous people are. However, I think that Jeanine and I might have stumbled upon First Unit by accident - we were walking around, trying to find more filming locations, when we happened upon a horde of cameramen, trucks, trailers, lighting equipment, and general pandemonium next to the Wyndam Hotel on Eucild Avenue. Before being told to leave by security, we found out that that was most likely the hotel where Samuel L. Jackson was staying, and possibly the other actors as well. Anyways, besides our adventure into the film world, our other activities for the day were not as exciting: we mostly continued organizing the office space, shredding papers, and discussing next week's matinee performance of "Aida," which I am very excited to see!

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