Monday, May 05, 2008

Movie Obstacle Course

In addition to the Five Boro Bike Tour, which tied up traffic like crazy today (so I couldn't drive into the city for my interview), they were inexplicably shooting a movie at Grand Central.

So half the place was corralled off and every time I tried to get where I needed to go, some young woman with a headset would come up to me and say, "Uh, excuse me ma'am. We're shooting a movie. Can you go another way?"

I was all like, "No I can't go another way. That's the only way to get from here to the 7 train!" Apparently I was the only person trying to get anywhere in Grand Central. Everyone else was just standing there transfixed, staring at the back of some guy in a suit. I don't know who it was. It didn't seem to matter to those gawking if the person was famous. They were just awed by the big, bright lights I think.

Anyway, I finally did make it to the 7 train.


(Oh and by today, I meant Sunday. It's after midnight as I'm writing this post, so it will pop up under Monday. Don't be confused. No one is filming in Grand Central on a Monday...at least not while the trains are running.)

3 comments:

Bucky said...

UPDATE: Uh. Right after posting that, I found this:

On Sunday, the feature film Duplicity is scheduled to film interior and exterior scenes from 4 am to 8 pm at the following locations:

- Grand Central Terminal
- Vanderbilt Ave from East 42nd St to East 44th St
- Madison Ave from East 42nd St to East 44th St
- Fifth Ave from 38th St to 40th St
- East 36th St from Fifth Ave to Sixth Ave
- East 39th St from Fifth Ave to Sixth Ave
- East 40th St from Fifth Ave to Sixth Ave
- East 42nd St from Madison Ave to Fifth Ave
- East 43rd St from Madison Ave to Vanderbilt Ave

Bucky said...

UPDATED UPDATE: Sooooooo, I think. I THINK, the person's back I saw was Clive Owen. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. He is hot. I should have stuck around like everyone else.

Duplicity (2009):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135487/
Plot: A pair of corporate spies (Owen and Julia Roberts) who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses.

The movie also stars Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson and Billy Bob Thornton.

Bucky said...

UPDATED UPDATE UPDATE: Definitely Clive Owen

serico.blogspot.com/2008/05/spotted-
clive-owen-in-grand-central.html