So last night Was The Premiere of MJMW(http://www.mjmwthemovie.com/) A short film I shot last summer. It was my first film & short film experience. I played Michael A Drug Dealer Of The lead character. In my scene i sneak up on him and threaten him for my money. My girl Tati brought it to my attention last night that i'm always getting characters that are trying to get money Lol
The last project I had was the Play "I Love My Wife So I Will Not Cheat" which was a great experience. I was able to be the comic relief of the play which i LOVED!!!!! anywho I played Dexter The Crazy Jamaican lanlord (I Heavily suppressed my Trini accent, to a pint) anywho I think it's funny this is the 2nd character I'm playing that wants money. I can only hope I Play A Banker Or CEO next! LOL
Back to The Premiere. :-) It was at the Anthology Film Archives in the east Village on 2nd ave. SO I'm already 30mins late due to me having to get my hair done. I couldn't be a t a premiere whether it be a BIG Deal (IFC,network TV) or no deal at all (somebody's Friend videotaping! lol) So MY hair Looked FLY I mean FLY I even got complemented on the bus on the way home :-) So i get there and Mister ,My Cuz Trevon & My Girl aka lil sis Tati are there to greet me! I'm sweaty and starving thirsty and nervous. I eat a piece of pop tart and we walk up the steps! I see the director and the producer and there the red carpet. It was little but it was a red carpet with a backdrop as expected!
So I get the Director & producer and they say to my guest sign in and then we can take pics so i jump right into pictures I take one with the director and producer some of the cast then I take with My peoples! It was GREAT!! I felt like i had arrived sort of LOL We then go inside and get seats in the 2nd row and i got back out to see whats going on with the cast and such. As i only shot one scene i only knew the Lead character who i shot with James who ironically played James lol . I was able to meet the rest of the cast who all seemed to be nice.We were to do interviews before the doors opened but it looked like they were only doing the mains which made me feel a lil down but what made up for it was me taking my on pic on the red carpet (Pics coming soon!)
So we come to the big moment. The film starts I see my name in the credits and I'm excited!!! This is the first time any of us are seeing the film PERIOD!!! so I'm already nervous!! and then it comes my scene...and I Looked Great. I was nervous it was going to look a hot ghetto mess but i looked really good. No glasses and talking slang and beating the crap out of the druggie Lmao. I found out later that i squeezed the hell out of Mister's hand :-( It was my first time on the big screen! Everybody liked Including my cuz who said I gave TRADE which is a Big Deal! (for me atleast) I just want to be able to portray characters truthfully and not have to struggle to play straight which i know now I shouldn't have a problem doing!
So we go to the after party at Sutra Lounge which wasn't that far from the theater where they had dinner provided which was really great! I didn't get to eat that much as it was Indian and i was scared that the spiciness would hit me at a bad time (i.e the train ride home ) but i did however drink and they had a cake with the film poster on it which was cool!
Last but not least I got to do and Interview!!!! My first Press Interview . It was for a station called AVS which I'm assuming is an Indian Network. The Film Itself wasn't Indian or Bollywood (not saying I wouldn't do one!) it just happens that they're Indian. but either way it was great feeling and experience.I talked about the character and myself so it was great!!!
