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First shot of the day is faking Melanie driving, which makes her nervous because she doesn't drive. We're just sitting in the parking lot with the guys pushing the car for the first "stuck in a traffic jam" shot. Then someone has her turn on the ignition, which she does, and she gives a hilarious little scream and quickly turns it off.
Later a group of us are standing in Melody's kitchen, shooting the breeze. I
ask Englishman Patrick where he's from, and he says Bristol. Welsh Bethan
says "Ah, near me." He asks where she's from, and when she says Cardiff, he
suggests he should fight with her then. She smiles and says, "Yeah, a scrap!"
At lunch, Patrick and his art dept partner Andreas start joking with each
other, Patrick picking a fight. Andreas asks why Patrick is picking on him.
I ask Andreas if he's from Cardiff. He looks at me confused and says
"Sweden!" Patrick laughs and explains the joke, almost.
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I discover the stage in Sylmar is further than I thought, and I break speed
records getting there. There's no craft service and I'm very hungry, so
assistant props Petros offers to steal me away for a McDonalds run. I
definitely need it, but having arrived on the set late, I don't want to leave
again for food (as script supervisor, I'm supposed to be the boring
responsible one, and of all people, I should have eaten before I got to the
set). Petros says we'll tell - no, ask - A.D. Clint and it shouldn't be a
problem. "We'll say we'll be back in 6 minutes and hey, there's no craft
service!" he assures me. So Courtney radios Clint and he says fine, much to
my surprise. While we're driving to McD's, Petros comments that he can't see
Clint really having a problem with us doing this, but he can understand his
concern. I say, yeah, he's worried he'll release the one person who'll hold
up everything if suddenly they're ready to shoot. Petros agrees, and suggests
we should drive on to Tijuana to teach him a lesson. At McDonalds, we each
get the #2 - 2 cheeseburger extra value meal. Petros suggests super sizing
it, since we're not sure when crafty will arrive. I'm thinking more along the
lines of showing up on set of a hungry crew with tasty-smelling fries. Petros
says that's not really a problem for him. We get back and I share my fries
with Mark, who's enjoying them so much I give them to him. Melanie also
munches on some, and the cheeseburgers remain safely in my possession.
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