I may have given a very poor impression of the job of Background Artiste in Parts I and II. This was deliberate. Despite what you may think, it is not a job for everyone.
For every short day in a studio on an advert, there’s one location day having the infamous fish and chip incident.
Walking through an empty forest with a bow and arrow only just makes up for queueing for two hours for wardrobe, armoury, hair and make-up, knowing you have to do it all again to go home. And try not to fall asleep in the fast lane of the M3.
Getting a laugh out of the mercurial Russell Crowe just about gets you past the week of night shoots and the plague hospital that is the catering tent in the days after. Continue Reading