Lots to sort out today as we are shooting our airport scenes at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Having problems getting our Grand Cherokee Jeep and so we think that this scene will have to move to our stunt week (all contributions from wealthy investors gratefully received!). Need to sort catering for our crew out on Location. Nicky has been ringing all the airport based food outlets, in the meantime, Colette Hazlett at Hunts Cross Asda has promised us vouchers and sandwiches so Helen Edwards, our fab runner, is currently doing a trolley dash round Asda and sorting the crew out with a packed lunch!
Need to get a burnt out car for a scene today. I find one from a scrap metal – Rifkins in Kirkdale and good old Dave from DKW autos has agreed to tow it to location and collect it for free (hurrah!). Easyjet have allowed us to film our actors boarding an Easyjet flight but as the flight turnaround is 20mins we have to get our shot in approx.10mins (no pressure Sol!!)
Airport staff have been fabulous, a big thanks to Robin Tudor (Corporate Affairs Manager) and Helen Dolce(Easyjet PR). I’m going to location to be an extra tonight, I’ll be standing in the check-in queue with Peter Wylie – Mrs Mighty Wah fantastic, I’ll keep my shades on so I look a bit more rock “n”Roll!
We arrive on location to find that the scrapped car we have positioned on the flight path is about to be towed away by the police!! We intervene and Officer Tony Jones from Speke Constabulary informs us that they have checked our vehicle’s registration number and apparently it’s a stolen car!! Transport police have been notifed so its too late to delay collection of the vehicle. We quickly ring the scrapyard we got the car from they inform us they have the relevant paperwork and it’s a listed scrap vehicle! Maybe it’s a clerical error… but no matter the police control room have it listed as stolen so away it must go and we’ve got to find a replacement fast! Ring the scrapyard again and they agree to give us a replacement and lovely Dave from DKW Autos agrees to bring it to us (again!) for nowt!! This is all about to happen until Dave comes up with a better idea. His cousin runs a recovery service based in Speke that has a contract with the police and who recover vehicles such as ours. If it’s the same company, Ellison’s, why not get them to bring a replacement car when they are towing ours away and leave that in place of ours – brilliant! Check with our friendly PC Jones and lo and behold its Ellison’s on the way (coincidence or what!). Can’t get hold of them though (Police don’t have a mobile no for Ellison’s) so back to trusty Dave who rings them for us and sorts it all out, and better still, Ellison’s agree to waive their usual charge! Wow, what wonderful, helpful and fab people. Dave’s son comes out to help and after the logistical nightmare of the towtruck getting stuck in the mud, our crew van rescues it and we have our car – phew! Off to the airport now to be an extra! Find out that I have become estranged from my “hubby” – well it was a whirlwind romance and I’m an airhostess instead! Costume fling a scarf around my neck (I was dying for a Jackie “0” pill box hat!) and we do the scene.
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