And Don’t Worry If You See People Talking Into Their Shoes
May 23, 2007 at 5:02 pm
As Maxwell Smart might say, would you believe this note is now circulating around the International Broadcasting Bureau/Voice of America?
Warner Brothers Studios will be filming two scenes to their upcoming movie, Get Smart, at the Humphrey Building on Friday May 25th. Set up for this shoot will be tomorrow, the 24th. The scenes involve up to twelve actors simulating SWAT team members who will be carrying fake sniper rifle and fake Glock handguns. The weapons are plastic replicas that are solid throughout and have no firing mechanisms. The crew will comply with all Metropolitan Police procedures. HHS/OS Security staff will accompany these actors at all times.
From my old days working there, I remember the VOA building, which is next door to the Humphrey HHS building, is called the Cohen building. So in tribute to the Get Smart fiming, I sure hope they change its name to the Cohen of Silence.
Peter Roff said,
May 24, 2007 @ 8:55 am
“Cohn of Silence.”
Twelve actors simulating SWAT team members. Would you believe eight dinner theater performers pretending to be real police men? How about two dogs and a boys scout?
Quin said,
May 24, 2007 @ 10:29 am
I wanted to try out for one of these parts just so I could report back to Extreme Mortman, but I missed it by this much (as I hold my two fingers close together). Sorry about that, Chief. But I got fooled by the old time warp on the Internet trick. (I saw the photo of Smart talking into his shoe and I reached to pick up my own shoe to answer, forgetting that I already had my cell phone in my hand, which I dropped and broke in my haste to get to my shoe, which is why I couldn’t answer the casting call!) But that’s okay: Mortman has made me now in danger of acknolwedging that I’m old enough and silly enough to remember “Get Smart” with fondness. Yes, acknolwedging that…. AND LOVING IT!