Reading done
Well, the reading went well. We went to Alex’ house, and he cooked us lunch. We did a quick read-through of all our scenes, and made comments. It turns I wasn’t the only one who found the farting scene disgusting, so Alex might change it. He seemed to like it a lot himself, but, hey, kill your darlings.
We also watched location and casting footage, which was quite fun. The junkyard that’s going to be the setting for the climax looks suitably grim. In the casting footage, we were surprised to see Zamia, an old friend of ours, dancing sexily for the camera. After that, there was a girl who danced and was not afraid to take her clothes off, which was probably the reason why Alex had filmed her stripping not once, but twice. There must have been 20 minutes of footage just of her there.
In general, the casting looks good. Tomás, who played the bad guy in Comando Zorras, and is an experienced actor, both from telenovelas (Mexican soap operas) and direct to video productions, is playing the Mexican bad guy. I’m very happy about that, since he looks pretty evil, and loves to ham it up. His bad guys are always very entertaining to watch. Also, he’s a great guy to work with.
We’re supposed to get the call schedule and the shooting script on Monday. I think I need to go to the gym this coming week, so I’m not totally flabby and out of shape for this thing. It calls for a fair bit of physical action.