(Pic by Matt Peters)
-08/09/2015-Thus starts the third week of filming with ‘Romeo 3000’. On this Sunday we find our heroes back in the depths of Utica. Today had me, as Tybalt, in confrontation with Father Lawrence (played by James Cacciatore). I have to admit that, out of all the chunks of monologue I have in this film, this one-for some reason-was the one giving me the most trouble (another in an upcoming scene w/ Romeo is close to second) so unfortunately, I wasn’t as consistent as I normal can be. Still got thru it though so all was well 🙂 Not only that, I actually got to wear the combat costume longer that 15 minutes (it takes me at least 30 minutes to put it all on)-Woo To Da Hoo! 🙂
-The first scene was me and Jim, along with his “Sisters of Syn” (until someone comes up with a better tag for them). The roles were played by Mariah Joyce, Sonia Conlin and Nikki R. Baldwin-who was one of our bigger Kickstarter contributors. The scenes involving them and me, along with them and Mercutio (played by Berndele March) took up most of the morning and afternoon, but we got it all done. Part of that was ther only crew Director Matt Peters had this day was 1st AD Ryan Santiago ( and me at times when I wasn’t tripping over my sword-Berne now knows how that feels 🙂 ). Rounding out the cast was Mark J. Peek as Lord Paris, who came to…well, you’ll have to see the film to see what he was doing there don’tcha? 🙂
-Another week in the can and getting closer to completion. This coming week will be a heavy one, with filming both in Syracuse and Utica. For me, about half my dialogue will have to be done this weekend-and it’s a lot. I’m looking forward to the challenge. Pics can be seen on my acting page on Facebook.
WAYNE W. JOHNSON 