The next stop for the shoot was at Hotel Haven in the center of Helsinki.

Yes, my small-time part in this film was well represented even at the hotel, very dead though. I’ll hit you with a few shots from the night-time filming of yesterday. And this filming day I will remember for the rest of my life as the day when I checked in to a luxurious hotel suite, sounds nice yeah, but I didn’t get to try out any nice beds or some hip hotel drinks, no, I was lying on the floor wrapped in plastic for nearly 3 hours.. Wuppie doo!

( Smiles )

It was actually really cool to be a small time dead actor, and I’ll tell you why.. As the crew were struggling with lights, schedules, cameras, power stuff and everything else that has to do with filming, I had some nice chats with the other actors over a sandwich. Kinda sweet job. I believe me, I know, it’s not an easy job to be behind the camera, so a sandwich was pretty sweet for a change..

( Director Kenneth Klaile checks out the next shot )

The hotel suite was really comfy, filled with large spaces, or so I thought, but when arriving to the suite I noticed that there were around 20 guys in the room, so all the spaces turned into (imagine some nice rhyme)..

( Preparing for the dead shoot )

The blood, and it felt like a truck load of it, was not that tasteful I’ll tell ya. But I looked kinda dead thanks to the make-up artist. Nice job. And yes, it was not that easy to play dead for about 10 seconds, no twitching, no breathing, no nothing.. It wasn’t as easy as I imagined, hopefully I pulled through. The answer will hit me as soon as the 16mm film has been developed..

( The cunt gets her face done, her character is actually called The Cunt )

I feel kinda dirty calling Åsa, that is her real name, a cunt.. But hey, her characters name is The Cunt in this movie, and that’s the way it is.. So I won’t excuse myself.

( The master cinematographer Anders )

And this was it! Thanks Kenneth and Anders for inviting me to your project, I really hope that the movie is gonna be a smash hit! Good luck with the editing and be sure to swing by After Effects for at least a 4 week visit!

// Tage – the back from the dead

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