First days of "This Side of the Truth"
I just finished two days of filming on "This Side of the Truth" a new film written and being directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson and starring Ricky Gervais. I play Ricky's best friend, a very smelly and sad man named Greg. I am giantly intimidated by Ricky because he is great and hilarious and more than that, he's precise, and focused and creative and thoughtful. I went into this project truly afraid that I might be ruining great art. But Ricky's energy is very infectious and he just inspires you to do your best. So I am having a great time and it may just be possible that I don't suck in this movie too badly.
Ricky and Matt asked me to shave my beard for the part which was kind of a shock to my system. I have had a goatee beard since I was in my early twenties, so pretty much my whole adult life. So shaving it off and seeing fourty percent of my face for the first time in about twenty years was kind of... awful. "So that's what's been going on under there". Ugh. My chin, and the one behind it, looked like a porn actor's shaved balls. I'm used to it after a week and a half, but I still catch myself in the mirror and want to die. Right after I shaved it, my six year old daughter said "YOu look just the same as always." But she said it with a very "No, really" tone that made me realize that...
a. I look awful.
b. I have an incredibly sweet daughter, sensitive beyond her years.
Aren't you glad I broke those down into a and b? It would have been so confusing!
For those of you who are curious what I look like without a beard, here it is...
Posted by Louie in on April 15, 2008 | Comments [ 6 ]
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Hey, thanks for making Lowell more fun for a bit :) Blogged about watching you guys shoot on my street (at the Dub). And it slowly occurs to me I think I knew you in high school! NNHS, I was class of '87, two years behind you, but I thought you looked familiar. Hope you are having fun, I'm sure the movie will be a riot! Cheers, L
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Hey Louis,
You'll be great in the movie Ricky and Mathew picked you for a reason. It sounds like a great plot and the cast looks brilliant! you get to work with Tina Fey as well she is the bees knees.
Your daughter is (b) mate, you look pretty much the same but 10 years younger.
Also congrats on the new web site TristMan did a great job.
Leigh from Australia
Hoooooooooly Shit!
I actually think the clean-shaven face looks good. You look younger.
Are you doing any more days on this film? I may do some background work on it next week.
Dude, fuck all these people saying you look the same! You look younger and not in a good way. Grow it again, man.