The Change Up

9/29/10 & 10/20/10 & 11/6/10  & 11/18/10  The Change Up is a "body-switching" comedy film starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman.  My first day was a "pre-shoot" at Turner Field with 10 extras, a camera crew and a few production folks at a real Braves game.  We only did a couple of shots in the crowd near first base. I got to work with Amanda and Elena on this shoot as well as making a new friend, Karl!

The second day was a restaurant scene at an Atlanta restaurant called Abattoir on Howell Mill Road near 14th Street.  Jason Bateman was in the scene with Alan Arkin playing his father.  Then we moved to Piedmont Park where Ryan Reynolds tries roller blading and I sit and watch him and walk away when he gets on his cell phone.  It was a beautiful day to be in Piedmont Park. 

The third day on this film was, again, at Turner field.  This was a huge stadium crowd scene, but since 10 of us did the pre-shoot, we sat around the actors, Ryan Reynolds and Olivia Wilde.  In the scene Olivia  yells out to John Smolz, who has a cameo in the film and was there for his scene, and I got to sit behind Ryan and Olivia, can't wait to see how much of me you can see in the final version!  They also shot out water to simulate rain, it was around 40 degrees, was very cold and wet! 

We went back again for a re-shoot of the rain portion of the scene as well as some added dialogue just prior to the rain.  Again, I got to sit behind Ryan & Olivia and Olivia gives me a high five when the Braves hit a home run!  This was done on the day the Ryan was named People magazine's "Sexist Man Alive" for 2010. Release Date: August 2011.