If you live in and around New Orleans, you might have noticed the yellow signs with arrows and weird words or letters that have popped up all over town, lately. You might have even been inconvenienced because something was going on in downtown, uptown or French Quarter. That’s right, New Orleans is on it’s way to becoming Hollywood of the South. We have just as many vices to offer eager film crews, but a twist of Southern charm that always keeps ‘em coming back for more. Just ask Sandra Bullock, Steven Seagal, Nicolas Cage, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; stars who have set up house in New Orleans.
I won’t soon forget the day SoHubby called to explain he was stuck in traffic due to a crashed between a streetcar and regular car. Well, that is not particularly news, unless done on purpose, which this time it was. We were very excited when we noticed that we could witness what the people in L.A. (not the state, the city) are probably very use to by now. An actual movie being made.
The family and I had decided to go to the Insectarium on Sunday. It has been a wild couple of weeks, the Saints winning the Superbowl and Mardi Gras, and we all needed a break. We parked at the Canal Place Mall garage and I noticed those tell-tale yellow signs. I didn’t think much of it, because I had been seeing the signs for months, now, but never saw actual filming. After we left the Insectarium, we noticed a bunch of cables, a large cluster of people and a group sitting across the street. So we decided to see what was going on. SoHubby being unafraid of breaking rules, he went right up behind the film crew and almost made it into the background action. Figuring out that we could get a better view of what was going on if we crossed the street, we grabbed the kids and ran. We stood there and couldn’t really make out what was going on. A lady in the group leaned over and whispered that the lady in gray was Kate Hudson. Woo! Wow!! An actual movie star. Then someone yelled, Quiet! and Action! We stood in silence, which was a great feat for our kids and pretty much anyone in downtown New Orleans. It is not really known for its peace and tranquility. We watched for a while. I tried to get pictures with my camera phone and cursed that I forgot my real camera. Then the kids started to get restless, so we left.
I asked Amber if she was excited about what she saw and she shrugged. I guess if it wasn’t Hannah Montana or Alex from Wizards of Waverly place it was just some women standing by a car in front of the mall. No big whoop there. I will admit I had an urge to drive pass the area and blow my horn, but I had my grown up pants on that day and decided not to. Not very exciting, like we are lead to believe, mainly, because they did the same scene about a million times. The actual acting part took about 2 minutes while the setting up seemed to last forever.
Later, I looked up the movie that was being filmed, Earthbound, because I had no idea what the story line could be. I found this story. I didn’t really get a sense of what the movie was about, but I did discover something interesting, Green Lantern will start filming in our fine city in March. Now, if I can figure out where they will be filming, maybe I can impress Sam with an actual superhero. Green Lantern is no Batman or Spiderman, but I am sure Sam maybe impress to see a friend of his 2 favorite superheros. We shall see.
