Did BG work twice on The Knick before it wrapped for it's second season. I love that show, I'm a BIG fan of Clive Owen. He was no where to be found on the first set but I got plenty o' Clive on the second job. I had the very good fortune to be able to stand about 10 feet behind him and to the right for quite a long time and then watch him film up close a scene that I was not in. Very cool. He is every bit as ruggedly handsome and virile as he projects on screen. His character is a bit of rock star surgeon (translated to 1900) and his hair is styled kind of Rod Stewardesque in the back. He wears these great white shoes with his tight fitting suits. He makes quite a presence on the set.
The first job was filmed at South Street Seaport which harbors vintage schooners with huge masts. They used one to represent immigration to New York City in 1900, making the pier out to be Ellis Island and the medical clearing station which all the immigrants had to pass through before coming into the city itself. South Street Seaport is a very touristy part of town and there were LOTS of people taking our picture and that of the set. You will more likely find me on someone's FB page or YouTube than on any TV show I might be in. It was a fun to be a fan favorite.
The second location was on a block in Brooklyn that they completed transformed into a 1900 scene. It's where the The Knick Hospital facade is filmed. It's a big beautiful old brick church that they put a sign over to say Knickerbocker Hospital. So much work in attending to the details. They put down gravel on a full street and intersection (which of course they then need to shovel it all up), had fake glass street lamps and store fronts with the windows filled with 1900 sundries, old trolley cars, various horse and buggies, etc. As background we had to walk up and down the street. It was quite a juxtaposition to sometime pass satellite dishes on some of the brownstone residences when otherwise being taken back in time to 1900.
Here are some pics for fun.....
The first job was filmed at South Street Seaport which harbors vintage schooners with huge masts. They used one to represent immigration to New York City in 1900, making the pier out to be Ellis Island and the medical clearing station which all the immigrants had to pass through before coming into the city itself. South Street Seaport is a very touristy part of town and there were LOTS of people taking our picture and that of the set. You will more likely find me on someone's FB page or YouTube than on any TV show I might be in. It was a fun to be a fan favorite.
The second location was on a block in Brooklyn that they completed transformed into a 1900 scene. It's where the The Knick Hospital facade is filmed. It's a big beautiful old brick church that they put a sign over to say Knickerbocker Hospital. So much work in attending to the details. They put down gravel on a full street and intersection (which of course they then need to shovel it all up), had fake glass street lamps and store fronts with the windows filled with 1900 sundries, old trolley cars, various horse and buggies, etc. As background we had to walk up and down the street. It was quite a juxtaposition to sometime pass satellite dishes on some of the brownstone residences when otherwise being taken back in time to 1900.
Here are some pics for fun.....
My lower class immigrant look with outer coat
Loved what they did with my hair
"Ellis Island" sets
My lower class immigrant look without the coat
I think I look like that character on the Wizard of Oz who becomes the wicked witch of the west. Check out those caterpillars resting over each eye! I keep my eyebrows on the thicker side anyway but these are over the top. They actually ask you not to pluck your eyebrows for several days before the shoot if possible.
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