He booked a national commercial that was supposed to shoot at the end on July. The shoot was rescheduled to his birthday. The rescheduled date forced us to postpone his birthday outing with friends because we had no idea how long he would be on set. Zach wasn't too upset because he was getting paid to get out of bed!
The shoot location was 3.1 miles from our home (according to the GPS). Doesn't that sound simple and easy on a Sunday morning????
No.
We left a bit early (thank goodness) because the cast and crew couldn't park on the streets of the neighborhood location. A combination of L.A. parking restrictions and grouchy neighbors made us park in a garage a mile from the location.
I wasn't really sure what garage we were looking for so I decided we should leave a half hour before his call time (even though it was only a 3.1 mile drive).
We were great for the first 2 miles.
The intersection outside of the Sherman Oaks Galleria was blocked due to road work. All sides of the intersection were down to one lane. We also couldn't drive through the intersection because the road crew was blocking our side of the road.
Instead of a (easy) straight shot down Ventura Boulevard, I found myself going Ventura to the 405 to the 101 just to go 2 miles. I had to drive past our destination before I could exit back to Ventura. I roared down the road to the parking garage and found the lone parking spot as the shuttle to the set arrived for the cast. We jumped out of the truck and raced to the shuttle before we were left standing on the corner.
We got to the house and it was obvious the owner of this home did not have a girlfriend. The main hallway included autographed albums from the Eagles, Van Halen (Diamond Dave/the real Van Halen), U2, Paul McCartney and Third Eye Blind(?). The decor also included autographed jerseys from Kobe, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Steve Young(?). The next room had a pool table, a keg, a well stocked bar, a giant TV and a couch that had seen better days.
The back yard featured a pool, three air conditioning units(?), dead plants, and these two items:
A lone kings chair/throne
A well worn bench
The shoot was at the home of the producer. He put together two different families to film conversations at the dinner table. Zach decided that his fake family was much better looking than his real family.
It's like the opening line of a joke..."An actress, an Italian guy and a teen actor are by the pool..."
We were on set for about 6 hours and this is the sight I saw each time he wasn't before the cameras!
The shoot wrapped after 3pm and we headed home to cupcakes, cards and presents. He made money on his birthday and I saved money (for now) on a birthday party.
The days following his birthday have been busy with meetings, acting classes, school and a booking this Thursday to work on "Modern Family". I'll tell you all about that adventure in a future post!
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