After a nice long week-end off, Willy's schedule changed again in anticipation of today's rain. He worked yesterday at the home location that is the set of his "grandparents" home. It is down a dirt road in Oakland, MI on 28 acres and is a charming spot. It was a beautiful, sunny day yesterday and they were able to shoot several scenes of the wedding rehearsal which takes place on the tennis court. They surrounded the court with pepto bismol pink lattice type walls to cover the tennis fencing. One of the scenes is of Demi Moore's character shouting at Ellen Barkin's character about who will walk in as the groom's mother. Ellen is the real mom, but Demi raised and took care of the son as his step mom. There was also a scene between Thomas Haden Church's character and Kate Bosworth's that was set outside of the tennis court. It's been really fun to watch the process and to see the creative ways that the crew adjusts to light changes and scene changes. Willy was in virtually every scene yesterday so other than meal breaks, he was very involved.
They used every bit of daylight available and it seemed that they accomplished alot yesterday. The flower girl was on set yesterday as well. She is Sam Levinson's 5 year old niece and was there with her mom and dad who drove in from Connecticut for the long week-end. Sam's sister, Michelle, is beautiful and was really nice. And there was a moment when Ellen Barkin was squatting down to talk to the 5 year old, Lila-ViVi, that almost brought tears to my eyes. She was so sweet with this little girl which was a completely different side to her that I had not seen. I wanted to take a photo at the moment as it was so beautiful, but I took a mental snapshot instead. I did get a few photos yesterday though and will post them here if I can figure out how to do it!
The other bit of excitement on the set yesterday was that Demi's Moore's oldest daughter, Rumer, was with her. Willy and the other teen age boys took advantage of the chance to meet her and I could hear Willy describing to her the huge spider bite he got while in Vietnam! I stayed back in my little spot and observed it all from a distance. It's like being a fly on the wall. I want Willy to have enough space to be able to be himself yet I'm close enough to pick up on what's happening and to be able to monitor what he's doing. I was first told that it was two of Demi's daughters, but Willy clarified at the end of the day that one of them was Demi's assistant who looks similar enough to be one of her girls.
The last scene of the day was the memorial service for the Grandpa, who by the way is not being played by Martin Landau now but by George Kennedy (or Cannaday), I wasn't sure which name was correct as I heard them both. After it wrapped, I told Willy I thought he looked awfully tired, but he said, "No, it's just because I was crying for the last scene." Apparently, they took these air blowers and squirted them into the major characters eyes to make them well up, but Willy, one other cousin and one of the dad's managed to cry on their own without the "eye blowjobs" (not my words). He was quite proud of himself for being able to do that! Ellen Burstyn was in this scene, but she must have stayed in her trailer most of the day because I never saw her. Willy said he saw the back of her head on the set.
He fell asleep in the car within minutes after leaving and crawled straight into bed when we got home.(with his make up still on) This morning he was up early, showered and did his geometry homework in the car on the way to school. I have a feeling he'll crash in the car again when I pick him up this afternoon. Then he works for the next three days in a row.
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