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I finally got to rehearse with my actors on Friday. They had, of course, loads of questions lined up for me, but when we started to break the scenes down into actions, actions into reactions… Read more

Wow, 70 days in China! I’m practically a Chinese now! I know four words (“director”, “thank you”, you’re welcome”, “great work”) and I sometimes find myself strutting on the ground like the Chinese do, although… Read more

I’m sure I should be able to write something about this day – since the date number is so special – but there’s really not that much to say. Six days to go before the… Read more

We are now back in Beijing, and I was revealed we have under one week to go before the first shooting day! Oh, the horror! Simultaneously, we are still missing two actors who both are… Read more

The red wine is free. Those words I’m happy to hear. We have just moved to another hotel in Beijing, one located close to the Beijing studios, and will stay here for the next one… Read more

The Qingdao way of doing things is … interesting, to say the least. The location managers are quite an interesting group, to be honest. There’s the older gentleman, and there’s the even-older and grumpier-looking guy… Read more

The weather is getting shittier over here on the coast, but the recce must go on. Another early wakeup call, another missed breakfast (I can’t eat in the restaurant, the holiday people make me sick,… Read more

It takes least an hour to get anywhere in Qingdao, and most of our locations are usually more than an hour away from each other, so recceing means mostly sitting in the car. I’ve gotten… Read more

Qingdao is going through its’ transformation from jolly, sunny and funny beautiful beer city into a long drink -colored, windy and chilly harbor city. Simultaneously, our location manager has started to lose locations we had… Read more

It’s surprising how some things can get under your skin without you noticing it. I’m extremely good at blocking things that worry me, but when I’m sleeping the deflector shields are down and I’ll sustain… Read more