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June 21, 2006
'Brave One,' Part II: Jordan, Howard Wait it Out Uptown
A few hours after watching the NYPD make good on the city's promise to tow away cars that would dare interfere with the making of Jodie Foster's latest film, The Reeler stopped back by the set of The Brave One yesterday to check out director Neil Jordan's progress.
A tipster on 88th Street informs me that Foster herself was not at the location, where Jordan was shooting a traffic jam sequence featuring Brave One co-star Terrence Howard. The Hustle & Flow star chatted with the script supervisor and passed out love to his stand-in while Jordan roamed the street semi-aimlessly, half-surveying his set-up and half-restlessly pacing around the prop police car. At one point he approached the B&B Marketplace at the corner of 88th and Third Avenue, a few feet from where I stood observing the scene.
Brave One director Neil Jordan hits the street (Photos: STV)
"Going OK?" I asked him.
"Kind of busy right now," Jordan replied.
"How's the Upper East Side treating you?"
"Hot," he said, stalking away.
"Dude, where's my car?" I shouted.
OK, not really. The guy was working, folks. He's Neil Jordan. Anyway, the whole crew had packed up and disappeared by early evening, making the neighborhood safe again for vehicle owners to ignore parking regulations. And to take your clothes to the cleaners. And to get a flimsy slice at Roma Pizza. I can sense the relief from here.
Posted by stvanairsdale at June 21, 2006 11:19 AM
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Hey Reeler, It's 8:30 pm Sunday on Nassau and Beekman Sts. You know around the corner from J&R World? They're filming the "Brave One" outside our apt. right now. Pup tent sized rhomboid cotton balloony things on strings hold big-time lights inside. They're bobbing all over at streetlight level. But a pretty young blonde woman told us we could not go hang around Fulton St. and follow the filming from there. Still, there is plenty of action outside our windows.
Posted by: grasshopper at July 16, 2006 08:40 PM