We had an unbelievably productive day on sets located at Top Secret Studios & Cosimo's Too Restaurant. Kimber & Danielle continue to expand their Characters and have ramped up their individual and collective performances beyond my wildest expectations. Throw in the terrific work by supporting cast members Doug Frasure, Chris McCarty, Bernard Broyles and Brett Jones and you have the recipe for Movie Magic. And adding real spice to the shooting day was the sensational performance turned in by veteran actor Steve Carroll. Steve's dynamic take on his character, record producer extraordinaire 'Mick Jonas', is simply mesmerizing. The guy took my dialogue and turned it into a star-making, manic 'Ned Beatty in Network' kind of showstopping scene that blew the Cast & Crew away - and that set the bar even higher for everyone working on "Beautiful Noise". My thanks to Casting Director Victoria Rowett for helping me find Steve. What a great actor living and working here on the Suncoast.
We hit a semi-major speed bump in the afternoon when we learned that Chester had to drop out of our production at the last minute due to an opportunity in L.A. popping up that forced him to duck out and head back to the West Coast. These things happen from time to time in indie filmmaking...and on major Hollywood productions for that matter. I should have been more upset about this development than I was...but somehow I felt like the Universe was sending the signal that, even though Chester will be sorely missed, this is somehow not a bad thing - and that we'd find a terrific replacement by tomorrow mornings' 6 am actor call time and that everything will work out just fine. I'll let you know tomorrow night what happens as I now have to recast a significant role on the fly and keep the production moving ever forward. Somehow and for some unknown reason, I was actually re-energized by having to scramble to replace a talent like Chester in less than 24 hours in the middle of our tight shooting schedule. It meant a lot to me to see how quickly people like Victoria and Danielle and even my co-Soundtrack producer Roger Hughes and others on our Team scrambled to help find a great local talent to be on set in the morning. It's gonna be fun to see who gets to step into the limelight. It could be a life and career changing experience for a local unknown actor...reminiscent of Rocky Balboa getting his sudden shot, right out of nowhere, at the Heavyweight Title in the first ROCKY. Opportunity is certainly knocking for someone. Can't wait to see who's going to play 'Brody' and how it all pans out for him long-term...
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