Street closures aren't too unusual in Brooklyn, but when a quiet post-July 4th Monday is suddenly interrupted by a sea of trailers, you know something is up.
Yesterday, locals in Bay Ridge got a taste of Hollywood as Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan came to town to film scenes for the upcoming film, "A Couple of Dicks" (yes that is the title). As I watched lights and mics being set up in the July heat, I could fully relate to the hot and tired crew, as well as requests from polite young PA's asking people to move out of the shots and keep quiet on the rather large set.
The warm temperatures made it an ideal day for ice cream - even the film's director Kevin Smith had to stop for a vanilla cone - but not before popping in to a local trattoria where my friends and I were having lunch.
Filming continued well into the night and consisted of multiple scene set-ups and several takes; this caused many onlookers to comment, "There's so much waiting around. Where's the glamour in that?"
Welcome to the world of Production!
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