Thanks to his mom, he has been signed up with a talent agency for about 5 months now and finally got his first call for work earlier this week. Apparently they needed a baby for a scene in a television series called "Wicked Attractions" that is being filmed for the Discovery Channel's Fall line-up. It was a very short scene that only required him to sit in his high chair and munch on his strawberry-apple Puffs... but I promise you, he was the Denzel Washington of toothless highchair Puff-munching babies.
They did quite a number of takes to capture him and his screen mom from different angles, with different event sequences, etc., but in all his scene probably lasted no more than 10 seconds. And of course, there's the real possibility that none of his sequences will make it pass the cutting room floor (can you say "DVD deleted scenes"?). But either way it was a hoot to be on location for a television show; watching our little rugrat get so much attention like he was really a movie star or something. Tight crops, audio boom, and all.
Overall it was a worthwhile experience, and all 3 of us appreciated it for what it was: possibly the first of many gigs to come... and possibly the first and last gig he'll ever do. Either way it was a fun little addition to the Justin Alexander scrapbook and we look forward to checking out the show in the Fall to see if our little crumb snatcher indeed ends up on the telly.
Um... that's assuming that we can find someone with cable television that will invite us non-cable-having folk over for dinner to see it.
An hour before his scene, Doogie learns to drive a tractor...
you know, just in case they need him for another role.
Director calls the shots while V (way in the background) sets up
Justin in the highchair.
I watched from the monitor just behind the director & crew.
"Let's shoot it again... but this time with oatmeal."
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