Travels with CH-arlie: Warner Brothers studio tour
The cosmic “they” don’t let the CH staff out much, but this weekend we took a little jaunt–a junket, if you will–to the epicenter of moviedom, Hollywood itself. Oh, the glamor! We fit right in. Really. We spent some quality time schmoozing (if by “schmoozing” you mean “not seeing a single famous person, not that we were looking”), working on our non-dermatologist-approved tan, and observing the locals in their natural habitat while also kind of thinking, “More hamburgers for the rest of us!” Allll very natural.
But: business. We also spent some time seeing a sight or two, including the Warner Brothers VIP studio tour, which is surprisingly non-lame for an open-to-the-public brush with the celebrity life. We’re talking edutainment, here: Hollywood history sweetened with a generous sprinkling of Harry Potter paraphernalia (the REAL Sorting Hat says I’m a REAL Gryffindor, so there! Neener neener!) and the realization that for a movie blogger, my movie-watching record is kind of pathetic. But I learned, people. And now I’m going to share.
Top Five Facts Learned on the WB Studio Tour:
1. While filming Spiderman, Tobey Maguire stuffed Vaseline-dipped cotton balls up his nose to keep himself from drowning in the fake rain during his upside-down kiss with Kirsten Dunst.
2. The easy-break bottles used to hit movie characters in the head are made of sugar. They still hurt.
3. Anne Hathaway has been cast as Agent 99 alongside Steve Carell’s Maxwell Smart in the movie of Get Smart. CH staff are uncertain about this choice, as we have yet to see her be anything but totally self-conscious onscreen. We look forward to being proven wrong, if she’s up to the task. (Anne, consider the gauntlet thrown. It’s awwwwn!)
4. All of the real (i.e. non-CGI) exterior shots in The Perfect Storm were filmed inside, in the Jack Warner Memorial Indoor Swimming Pool, better known as “large sound stage with water tank.” The fake boat on a fake hinge made Mark Wahlberg seasick anyway.
5. Warner Brothers has filmed over 200 gangster movies in their 120-year history.
Hollywood, Warner Brothers, Get Smart, Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Spiderman, Tobey Maguire
April 17th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Yes but did you get to do what you wanted to do the most? Did you see the S60 set? (I know this is un-movie related but I still want to know)