The Secret Adventures of Mr. Grant

Los Angeles, California. Last month I reported on the release of the 3 minute version of Santiago Tapia's The Secret Adventures of Mr. Grant. At that time, I was unable to embed the video here. However, it now seems to work just fine. So, please enjoy the video along with a great frame grab of my fellow secret agents and me.

The Secret Adventures of Adolph Hitler

Berkeley, California. During his infamous political career, Adolph Hitler was the target of 42 distinct assassination attempts. All of these attempts failed and Hitler finally died at his own hand in 1945. I've been working in a yet to be named documentary covering these various attempts. The film is meant to coincide with next year's release of Valkyrie, a feature film following the story of Col. Claus von Stauffenberg and starring Tom Cruise. I traveled to the Bay Area this past weekend to participate in the film in the role of Hitler. This was an extremely enjoyable shoot thanks to a great cast and crew. Enjoy the pics!
On another front, you may recall my participation in the Santiago Tapia film, The Secret Adventures of Mr. Grant (see posts: Meet John Needham, Secret Agent and Secret Adventures). A 3 minute version of the film is now available for viewing HERE on the Filmaka website and was a close finalist for the winner of this year's Filmaka award.

Finally, things have been busy on the work front. I have been on one set or another every day for the past several weeks and my Starmeter hit an all time high last week - 30,523. Disney really had me put the extra hours in on the Race to Witch Mountain with the Rock, Bob Balaban (as the Director of Swingtown) asked me to eat day old prop food and to 'get as intimate as I was willing to' with a female background artist, Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy) is a really nice guy, and Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) is the most gracious and welcoming principle actor I have yet had the privilege to work with. Check out the following clips from work days on Swingtown, Moonlight and Lincoln Heights.

Secret Adventures

Los Angeles, California. The phone rang early yesterday morning and it was Julie from Adams House Productions wanting to know if I could come back to shoot another scene for The Secret Adventures of... Per my previous post, I had such a great time with the cast and crew on this project that it took me all of one second to say yes, followed by about ten minutes to make sure I could clear my schedule for the evening. So, last night I was back at the Linda Vista Hospital in Boyle Heights, along with Archie Tullos (my co-agent in arms) and a new super female agent, Promise LaMarco. Without throwing any plot spoilers at you, I'll just say that the crew really gave us a workout last night. Although we didn't work into the wee hours of the morning as on the previous night, last night far exceeded the first night in terms of being physically demanding. Basically, it involved a lot of running and throwing our bodies full force into a door, again and again and again. But you need to see for yourselves. There is a tight deadline on this project, so hopefully I can provide you with a link to the finished film in the not so distant future.

Accompanying this post are a series of pictures taken by Eric Thomas Harper (copyrighted). On the middle right we have a shot from night 1, in which I am listening to direction and preparing for the night's green screen shoot. And on the lower left we have the three supporting agents - (left to right) - me, Promise LaMarco and Archie Tullos.

Thanks again to Director Santiago Tapia and the crew from Adams House Productions for a fun-filled and rewarding acting experience!