An insider's account of life in Los Angeles during the 90s, detailing encounters with the entertainment industry, particularly through part-time work at Banana Republic where many employees were aspiring actors and writers. The narrative highlights the frequent presence of expensive marijuana at parties, often gifted by industry insiders, and a personal interaction with Alan Rickman.
I lived in LA in the 90s I worked on the fringes of the industry, but my company printed a lot of movie posters, so I saw a lot of folks when delivering proofs and such at different lots and offices.
A very well-known pop star's uncle offering information on said pop star for cash. Everything from baby pictures and videos, to her whereabouts. You name it. It all had a price.was kind of a giant douchebag on set - I'm not a fan of Jared Padalecki. I've got a few stories of that guy treating the grunts like s**t, but here's one nugget that always makes me smile:
The most f****d up thing I've been a part of was filming at an abandoned mental hospital that was vacated in the 80s, which meant it was full of asbestos and lead paint dust. There were two respirator masks on the whole set and the rest of the people were expected to make due with a particle mask. No one wanted to be high maintenance so we all just stupidly accepted the risk and spent a month being exposed to asbestos and extreme lead dust.
This is the incident that made me decide I was done with the worst of it. This is the story of the executive producer who got stabbed on set. I didn't see the wound itself, but it wasn't life threatening. She was out of the hospital in a few hours, but she could have easily died, and it would have been completely because of her idiocy.Generally people just trying to get you to work for free, through manipulation and intimidation, and acting like they're doing you a favor for it. There's a dangerous combination of idealism and predators in Hollywood, and its everywhere, at every level in the business.
In all honestly, it was a struggle every day, because on screen, I would have this couldn't-care-less persona, but I felt the words and I knew the harsh reality. After going through this experience, I've realized that it is pretty much a fact that people will judge you on your appearance , even if well-meaning people have convinced you otherwise earlier in your life.
Thinness and appearance are all that matter. I regularly saw women who seemed like they might just pass out in front of us and no one batted an eye. Even"down to earth" industry people obsess over their weight, their skin, even the"visual age" of their hands. And it spreads. Even people who aren't on camera or even involved in the industry have these weird plastic appearances.
Since not a lot of people are naming names, I'll go ahead and do so. Adi Shankar. Sketchiest person I've met in this town. I know he's a hero on reddit, but he's the craziest person I've ever worked for. In my first few years in LA, I interned a lot, including at his company. I thought it was pretty cool to learn from the Producer of movies like The Grey and Dredd. But what I learned pretty early on is that “Producer” is a pretty flexible term in Hollywood.
But on a more serious note, there's been some horrendous deaths on set and after wrap due to lack of safety and improper training, cutting corners, or sneaking things. Sarah Jones was the most recent large example, but there's been too many vehicle rollovers due to crew members falling asleep after ridiculous hours, someone being electrocuted on a condor lift when they hit electrical wires because they weren't trained nor legally allowed to be in the lift. Just crazy stuff.
Up until about 3 yrs. ago I was a struggling actor in L.A. I have so many stories, good and bad. I was working different jobs while going on auditions, for awhile I was a concierge at the BelAge Hotel a popular hotel on the Sunset strip where celebrities stay so I met and interacted with many stars. By far the most beautiful were Michele Pfeiffer and Halle Barry, both very nice and breathtakingly beautiful. Others not so much, Goldie Hawn is a wreck.
Have your script looked over by a professional script-reader. Get notes back on your script, like you would receive from a studio or executive. Polish your script, so it is a green-lightable script before you submit it. $150 for professional script reviewing. You should be an overnight success, for $1500 I can show you how to fix the one thing that is holding that up.
She was one of the realest, down to earth people in the whole world. She came from nothing, and built herself an empire. She was often late to shoots because she stopped to visit a sick fan in the hospital, she donated so much time and money to charity, and she provided everything for the people around her.Celebrity culture is f****d up enough, in my opinion. Obsessing over a random human you've never met is f*****g weird.
I was a volunteer at TIFF an an actress had overdosed in the bathroom, was supposed to do a Q&A after the movie. Someone involved with the movie managed to get her functional enough to get through the Q&A before calling an ambulance.Most people in the "business" are conceited d***s. I interned on a reality show for MTV.
- When I asked to switch departments so that I could learn another discipline, I was told that the one I wanted to go to was all guys and they weren't sure how I would fit in there.- The owner of a company I used to work for would bring in his herd of rescue dogs that weren't housebroken. They would pee and poop all over the floor and he wouldn't clean it up. I watched one of the dogs lift his leg and p**s on my coworker's chair.
Fairly tame compared to the other ones here, but I was an intern and heard a conversation that sums up most of Hollywood. Two guys from different companies had to talk to each other on a regular basis to work out a deal. One day they had a huge fight. It escalated and their bosses had to intervene. No one was fired, but it was that serious.
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