Boys Will Be Boys

Winter appears to have officially set in to Charlotte, NC. It was cold again today. Thankfully, we were filming inside a restaurant/bar to start with called Ed's Tavern. Although there was no room inside for the large video village, they did set up a small monitor and a few director chairs and that was good enough for me. As long as I didn't have to be out in the cold, I didn't care. Right before lunch we made a company move to our character Estes' house.

We've filmed here a couple of times before and it's a really nice house with a detached in-law suite out back. However, until today I never noticed that they had a zipline out back. But today during lunch a bunch of the guys got together to play a game on the zipline. The objective was simple. Try to make it all the way across the zipline without being nailed with a ball. All the guys that weren't currently on the zipline had to grab a ball and throw it at whoever was riding the zipline. The one rule was if you threw a ball, you had to take a turn on the zipline. They did, however, give me amnesty to this rule stating that they would allow me to throw a ball and not ride the zipline. As nice as their offer was, I chose to just watch and laugh at them being boys. I guess we all have to unwind throughout the day somehow and boys will be boys, afterall.

It being our last day of filming at the Estes house also meant it was our last day of filming with David who plays Estes. It was a very bittersweet farewell to David as this is not only his last day this season but forever on Homeland as he will not be back on the show next season. He's a great actor and an awesome person to work with and I'm so sad to see him go. I know Homeland is just the beginning of lots of great things to come for him though and I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.