I had the pleasure of guest-starring on "The Good Wife" in September. My friend Jay O. Sanders was also on the episode - his acting was fantastic as usual - so it was nice to have someone on set with me that I already knew, which isn't always the case! The director Brooke Kennedy, who is also an executive producer on the show, was very complimentary towards me throughout the day and made the shoot that much more enjoyable. And what an interesting day it was - they did something called "block shooting," which means that once they have a particular lighting set-up, which is one of the most time-consuming aspects of the shooting process, they shoot all of the scenes using that particular set-up before moving on to the next lighting set-up. Doing it this way is more time-efficient, or so I was told. For me, it meant that I got there at 8am, got into costume, etc, shot some of the scene I was in from around 9am until 11am, and then didn't shoot again until after 7pm! I used all that downtime to do all kinds of stuff, but it was definitely a longer waiting period than I'd ever experienced before on a TV or film shoot.
When i returned to set after 7pm, we were back to shooting the same scene we'd worked on earlier that day but now from different angles with the new lighting set-ups. I worked off and on from that point until around 10:30pm. During that time, I got to talk with the star of the show, Julianna Margulies. My good friend works as an personal assistant for a crazy rich guy who lives in the same building as Julianna, so we traded some wild stories about him as well as about Kanye West, who also lives in that building when he's in NYC. Fun!
I've been able to extend my connection to "The Good Wife" community by playing softball with them against other TV shows' teams, including "Blue Bloods," a show I was on last year, so I knew some of the people on that team as well. It's been really fun to get back to a sport that I grew up playing all time (baseball, that is) while doing some casual networking - killing two birds, right?!
The episode of "The Good Wife" I'm in airs this upcoming Sunday, November 6th, on CBS at 9pm. Please check it out if you can! Thanks for your continued support - Clark
When i returned to set after 7pm, we were back to shooting the same scene we'd worked on earlier that day but now from different angles with the new lighting set-ups. I worked off and on from that point until around 10:30pm. During that time, I got to talk with the star of the show, Julianna Margulies. My good friend works as an personal assistant for a crazy rich guy who lives in the same building as Julianna, so we traded some wild stories about him as well as about Kanye West, who also lives in that building when he's in NYC. Fun!
I've been able to extend my connection to "The Good Wife" community by playing softball with them against other TV shows' teams, including "Blue Bloods," a show I was on last year, so I knew some of the people on that team as well. It's been really fun to get back to a sport that I grew up playing all time (baseball, that is) while doing some casual networking - killing two birds, right?!
The episode of "The Good Wife" I'm in airs this upcoming Sunday, November 6th, on CBS at 9pm. Please check it out if you can! Thanks for your continued support - Clark