on set 19 May 2008
I started a new job today in London, a film called Hell’s Pavement, about fostering in Britain and children falling through the cracks in the system. Not exactly a barrel of laughs as a subject, I will admit, but there is happiness in the making of it. And the things you learn while having lunch or chatting between shots…like today I heard that Hitler was a vegetarian. Funnily enough, it’s not something most vegetarians boast about. Also, I am led to believe that there is a smelly cheese in existence called The Stinkin Bishop. And the advice from the make-up lady is to lay off the special eye creams for a while as they may actually be making the dark circles under my eyes worse than they should be!! To be honest, I had begun to have the same thoughts myself so I will give the plan a go and let youse all know the result (if the abstinence proves successful it means that you cannot win in life, much like we have always suspected) Met two great cats and saw both Uxbridge and Ruislip for the first time – very nice and leafy actually.
Mu mum reports from Dublin (where she was on Mrs G duty for the weekend) that more of the leafy gods and goddesses are gone from the site next door and the noise of those trees being cut down to build ugly apartments would break your heart. I think she returned to the West of Ireland quite depressed about it all. I dread seeing the aftermath of the destruction when I return. Even the cat is cheesed off about it, by all accounts, and she normally plays her cards close to he chest on environmental matters..
