Minnie Driver

I just got a job as a stand-in on a television show that will be on FX starting in March! It is called "The Riches" and it stars Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard. Whenever I tell people I'm a stand-in they question what that means. Basically I stand-in for a girl named Shannon Woodward and I do everything she does on the TV show only I do it for way less money.

For example: She has to ride a bicycle up a hill while saying lines to Minnie Driver, the girl standing in for Minnie Driver and I have to ride up the hill and say their lines as many times as it takes to get the camera angles and lighting right. Then they call "First team" and shoot the scene with Minnie and Shannon. Once they have it the way they want it, the director says "Cut. Print. Second Team". Second team is my cue to go back where Shannon just was while they set up the next shot. Meanwhile Shannon and Minnie go and get their hair and makeup fixed for the next scene.

I almost got my big break on set yesterday. Shannon announced that she quit and said "don't I have a stand-in? Let's just give her my part!" I was like "sweet! did everybody hear that?" Turns out, she was only kidding. :)