During my last Fringe rewatch I took note of some scenes that give us clues to what will happen further on. Some of them are so big that you can't believe they're revealing that information at that point, and some of them are simply little anecdotes. I thought it would be fun to put them together here.
Oh yes! They have them!
I think the 'answer' is: you're from another place, Peter...
It was the night of Wednesday, January 18th 2012. Aside from being clear and beautiful, it was also -17 degrees Celsius, the coldest day of the year. My mom, little brother Alex and I walked down Alexander St (in Gastown) at a leisurely pace, as our feet were already beginning to freeze and stiffen.
I clapped my hands in glee and smiled widely as I caught sight of black tents, accompanied by a set of tracks with cameras mounted upon them.
Next to the tracks, a silver Nissan Leaf was parked. I recognized it as Olivia's car! The set was like a beehive, there were constant movements and shouting. In front of the set, a group of people has gathered and were chatting excitedly. Once we reached the swarm, I reached into my bag and took out my clipnote. Inside, I had carefully arranged in this order, my envelope for Anna (containing: the drawing I did of her and a fan letter), two copies of a photo edit I did of Josh, John and Anna (hopefully to be signed!) and a printout of the filming notice with the address.
My small pale hands shook with nervous excitement as I clutched my clipnote tight, teeth gritted against the cold. My blue eyes wandered towards the tents in the left and I saw JOSHUA JACKSON! I whispered to my mom: "That's him! Joshua Jackson IN THE FLESH!" My mom just looked at me and said "Why don't you go over and say hi? You might not get the chance later!" And so I did! Calmly, I strode over to where he was standing, taking pictures with a couple of fans. Once they left, I looked him straight in the eyes and said "Hi! I'm Arianne. I'm a HUGE fan of Fringe! Could you please sign this for me?" I held out my photo edit and a blue pen. He then asked me, " What's your name?". I told him and he replied "Arianne... Is that FRENCH?". I told him yes it was indeed! Then he went on to say how he and Diane have a house in France and how much they love it there. He and my mom talked for awhile too! He then signed " To Arianne, enjoy our show, Joshua Jackson". I thanked him and asked if I could have my picture taken with him. He encircled my waist with his right hand and my mom clicked away. I said thank you once more, told him he was awesome, and went back to stand and watch the filming.
I stood there, shivering and smiling like an idiot. In my mind I
thought to myself "WHERE IS ANNA?!?!" And right before my eyes, there she was. She chatted quickly with Joel and climbed into the Nissan Leaf. And just like that, the camera began rolling and Joel called out "ACTION!" She opened the door, looked left than right, stride down the street and caught sight of Peter leaving a building. He saw her also, and she broke into a run. He opened his arms to her, and she flung herself at him. He twirled her around while gazing into her eyes lovingly. They closed the embrace with a passionate kiss. "CUT!" Joel called, and they broke apart. Anna patted Josh on the back, they smiled at each other and she headed back to the car. There, she had her makeup touched up, and they filmed the scene again.
When they stopped for a break before filming resumed, Anna was walking back towards the tent. I heard my mon say to me "THAT'S YOUR CHANCE!" So, I took it! I jogged over towards the tent, raising my voice slightly "Anna! Could I please talk to you for a second?" She stopped in mid stride and turned towards me. I asked politely, "Could you please sign this for me?" holding out my photo edit and the blue pen. She took it from me, and signed it. I asked if I could have my picture taken with her, and she said to me "Of course!" in her super cute Aussie accent, and put her arm around me! After my mom took the first picture, she said to Anna "I'm sorry, your eyes were closed, could we have another?" Anna blushed, said she was sorry, and yes.
It was very sweet! My mom got a good shot of us, and packed away the camera. I turned toward Anna and pulled out the envelope I had brought for her, and handed it to her. She took it, looked me STRAIGHT IN THE EYES OH MY GOD, and beamed at me! "Thank you!!" she said. I melted. "You're very welcome!!" I said and smiled. Just as I was leaving, she caught my shoulder and said "I stole the cap of your pen!" and handed it I'm back to me. I smiled again and said that was perfectly okay. I told her she was awesome, and wonderful. Then we took one last look around, and left.
THE END!
Ps. I wrote this the day after it happened, back in 2012. I was only 14 at the time (I'm almost 18 now)!
During my last Fringe rewatch I took note of some scenes that give us clues to what will happen further on. Some of them are so big that you can't believe they're revealing that information at that point, and some of them are simply little anecdotes. I thought it would be fun to put them together here.
On August 19th 2014, exactly a week after my last visit to the set of “Once Upon A Time” my friends and I returned to continue our adventures.
All I wanted out of that day was to simply somehow ask Georgina if she had gotten the chance to read my letter that I had given to her last week. So when I found out that she was on set that day, my heart skipped a beat and I was filled with hope that this could actually happen!
After she had finished shooting her very short scene (which we figured was for the promo shoot and not the episode) my group and all of the other fans had been moved adjacent to the diner that they were filming outside of. I was talking to my friends when I realized that our friend Ella was not with us.
I spotted her across the street with Sarah (The Leaf Lady- she distributes leaves on the street of Stevenson and tends to all the foliage on set. She's awesome!) and……. Georgina! That's when I went into autopilot. I had to somehow get myself over there! So, I very calmly pulled my folder out of my bag that contained the picture of Georgina and I from last week. I tucked it under my arm, and wormed my way out from under the barricade separating the fans from the set.
All of the shooting for that portion of the morning had wrapped, so nobody even said a word to me as I calmly strode across main street. At one point, I was walking next to a crew member, and I simply asked him how his day was going, to which he responded that so far it was quite splendid indeed. Five or six strides later, I was outside of the diner, with Georgina’s smiling face looking down at me. I felt like I couldn't breathe.
There were no barricades between us, and only one security guy and Sarah as members of the crew. I stood next to Ella, and soon my friends Erin and Annamaria joined us.
When Georgina saw me, she said "Ohh hi!" And I said "Do you..." But before I could finish she said "I remember you! I read your letter!" (She sounded so excited and happy you guys! I was close to tears then!) And I said "Oh! That's great! Did you like it?" And she said "Yes, I did!" And smiled at me. My heart pretty much stopped then, and I stuttered out "I just thought it might.... I don't know.." But she kept talking in her cute little Aussie accent, "You've even got the braid again! Thanks for coming back!" And I said "Yeah, I wear it almost every day because it's the easiest thing for my curly hair. Could you please sign the picture from last time?" And she said "Yeah! Sure! Of course!" And signed it like she normally would, but with an XO too (officially dead now....OMG!) And then I gushed out "Oh my gosh, last time I was just so excited to meet you! Now I'm like, shaking, *laughs* and I mean I didn't like, cry or anything 'till I got home because I've met like Anna and Josh and meeting you was just so great!" And she said "Awww, bless you!" While looking into my eyes and smiling so, so sweetly. And I just smiled at her really big and said "And I was so happy when you came back to Vancouver, because I didn't get to meet you during Fringe, and it meant that I had a second chance! This means so much to me!" And she looked so in awe, like she couldn't believe that someone would ever be such a fan of hers. Then we hugged. It was amazing, and probably the cutest thing ever! I love Georgina!
During my last Fringe rewatch I took note of some scenes that give us clues to what will happen further on. Some of them are so big that you can't believe they're revealing that information at that point, and some of them are simply little anecdotes. I thought it would be fun to put them together here.
If only you knew...
What do you think about these two? They are telling us about S5!!
By Stephen Tulley (@Stephen_Tulley) I’ll start off my contribution to this blog by apologizing for not having any pictures to include. But this post isn’t about visiting set, or even about working with the main Fringe cast (which I would dearly love), but rather about an evening with John Noble discussing acting in front of his fellow actors.
As a member of the Screen Actors Guild one of the benefits is the opportunity to see your fellow actors that you highly respect in person talking about their personal experiences with a show/movie, and the chance to discuss the craft in a small gathering of fellow guild members. The best of these is called the “Conversations” panels hosted by the SAG Foundation at the Hollywood and New York locations. Now I admit I’ve never been to a Comic-Con convention but I’ve seen enough videos to know that they are massively attended events. The Conversations series is the polar opposite. At the Hollywood division office the room they use can only accommodate just over one hundred members, consequently reservations fill quickly.
Therefore I counted myself lucky to get a spot in May 2010 to see John Noble talk about his experiences on Fringe. I’d been a fan since the pilot episode and eagerly waited for that evening. (http://sagfoundation.org/userhome/eventdetails/8346)
Most Conversations at the Hollywood division begin with a screening of a favorite episode by the guest speaker, or part of a movie. That evening John elected to screen the “Peter” episode, which had aired for the first time only weeks earlier. After the screening there was a moderated interview for about an hour, and then John took questions from the audience written on cards. At a similar event about a year later the SAG Foundation videotaped the event as part of their Live Streaming video series with Josh Jackson and John Noble which you can get a sense of what the evening was like. Unfortunately, this evening wasn’t videotaped.
Our moderator began with a bombshell, “Are there any actors in Australia who *can’t* act?” which drew a lot of laughter. But John replied that “down under” actors are expected to be formally trained in theatrical school, meaning lots of theater training before “on camera” work as we call it in the business. He also stated that in the Australian theater British plays are expected to be performed with British accents, American plays with American accents, and so on (for those of you who always wondered how Aussies were able to take on an American accent so quickly.) He also explained that since there is relatively little film and television work in Australia most actors expect to travel internationally to earn a living in their craft.
Next John was asked about how he came to the theatrical scene of South Australia. He said he had really “just fell into it” but admitted he was more than intimidated by his fellow stage actors as a young man. At this point John held up two fingers as if holding a cigarette, threw back his head, and with a pretentious stage voice stated, “Because everyone seemed to be going around endlessly smoking and trying to outdo fellow actors with Shakespearian monologues!” That drew quite a laugh from the audience and I hope that one day John will do that again for the Fringe fans – I would have loved to have seen Walter do something like that!
He was then asked about preparing for the “Peter” episode. John said that he did get into physical shape to play a much younger version of himself, but that most of the “reverse aging” process was due to the use of tabs to pull back parts of his face, make-up, and lighting. He emphasized that just changing the lighting, or the film stock, can make remarkable changes on camera. [This was when Fringe was still using film stock. They switched to digital cameras about a season later.] He also stated that “young Walter’s” hair was his own, just with some extensions, meaning no wigs. I remember he seemed particularly proud that there were no post-production tricks used to make him and Blair Brown look years younger.
John then discussed how much he loved portraying Walter. He said that Walter’s range of emotions was very appealing to him as an actor. For instance, he said that in the role of Denethor in Lord of The Rings, he basically understood what made the man “tick” quite easily, but with Walter there was always some other element to discover in the character.
During the Q & A afterwards I remember a few things. The first was a question about remembering lines. John said that after so many years in the theater he never thought twice about memorizing lines, it just came naturally to him and he rarely “dropped” a line when the cameras were rolling. The second was a question about the goofy dance from “Inner Child.” John related a story that he and his daughter came up with the dance the night before they filmed that scene. He called it the “Dancing with a Tall Naked Lady” dance, and then got up and did a bit of it! Finally, he talked a bit about his recent visit to Mexico which he had come back from just before this interview.
For those of you who have watched the videos of Fringe cast interviews some of these stories will seem familiar, I’m sure they have been repeated many times by John, but this was still just the second season of Fringe and I am doing my best to recollect an evening from just over four years ago. All I can say is that at the conclusion John was very warm and welcoming to the audience and stayed on a bit longer to chat with some people. The John Noble you see in videos is the exact same as in person, whether the audience numbers in the thousands, or just the one hundred plus.
My small pale hands shook with nervous excitement as I clutched my clipnote tight, teeth gritted against the cold. My blue eyes wandered towards the tents in the left and I saw JOSHUA JACKSON! I whispered to my mom: "That's him! Joshua Jackson IN THE FLESH!" My mom just looked at me and said "Why don't you go over and say hi? You might not get the chance later!" And so I did! Calmly, I strode over to where he was standing, taking pictures with a couple of fans. Once they left, I looked him straight in the eyes and said "Hi! I'm Arianne. I'm a HUGE fan of Fringe! Could you please sign this for me?" I held out my photo edit and a blue pen. He then asked me, " What's your name?". I told him and he replied "Arianne... Is that FRENCH?". I told him yes it was indeed! Then he went on to say how he and Diane have a house in France and how much they love it there. He and my mom talked for awhile too! He then signed " To Arianne, enjoy our show, Joshua Jackson". I thanked him and asked if I could have my picture taken with him. He encircled my waist with his right hand and my mom clicked away. I said thank you once more, told him he was awesome, and went back to stand and watch the filming..JPG)
When they stopped for a break before filming resumed, Anna was walking back towards the tent. I heard my mon say to me "THAT'S YOUR CHANCE!" So, I took it! I jogged over towards the tent, raising my voice slightly "Anna! Could I please talk to you for a second?" She stopped in mid stride and turned towards me. I asked politely, "Could you please sign this for me?" holding out my photo edit and the blue pen. She took it from me, and signed it. I asked if I could have my picture taken with her, and she said to me "Of course!" in her super cute Aussie accent, and put her arm around me! After my mom took the first picture, she said to Anna "I'm sorry, your eyes were closed, could we have another?" Anna blushed, said she was sorry, and yes. .JPG)
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