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September 18, 2006

First day of Shooting; The Arrest Scene ...

Cameras started rolling on Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita today, with the first call time of 7 am at my loft. The cast and crew of 30 people, with many cameras and about 10 paparazzis, gathered. After a quick breakfast, we started running though the lines and getting ready with our wardrobe, makeup and hair. Then we hopped in the vans to our first location.

We shot at London Terrace in Chelsea. Actually, I believe we are the first adult company to get permits to film in the streets of New York ... well we loved that, but nobody in the street seemed to realize that we were an adult company.

We filmed Spencer Quest's "arrest scene". He was taken from the building in handcuffs to an undercover cop car. Reporters, paparazzi and cameras ran towards Spencer, questioning him in the street. We had some police characters and a lawyer equipped with many "no comments" on behalf of his client :)

Ladies and onlookers watched the scene, giving their "professional opinions" on what they believed was an episode of Law and Order ... which makes sense because it actually looked like it! Some of them wanted Spencer and my autograph thinking that we were fancy actors! Well I guess we are after all, though I doubt they've seen our work :)

After about 2 hours and 7 takes, we headed to another location in Chelsea to film a dialogue scene between Spencer and myself. And finally, late in the evening we will film a sex scene between Spencer and myself. I can't wait to take off our well-styled suits after behaving all day long ...

PS- Spencer is not only a beautiful, sexy guy, he's also an amazing actor! No wonder they invited him to perform on Broadway. He's one of those rare guys who understand how difficult it is for me to direct, produce and act in the film, so he's been very supportive as a scene partner and I appreciate that a great deal.

Posted by Michael at September 18, 2006 05:18 PM

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Posted by: Donald in Toronto at September 18, 2006 06:28 PM