Yesterday, I was supposed to meet Katie and Mica in Rome, but we ended up in completely different areas, so I wandered around for a while on my own. I drifted over to the Pantheon and saw they were filming a movie there, so I decided to sit there and watch. They were shooting the same scene several times in a row, and the two obvious stars of the movie were walking across the piazza in the Pantheon. One of the stars was a gentleman actor, who I thought looked a lot like Tom Hanks, but I didn't think it was possibly him because he looked a little older than I thought he'd be, and the other person was a young, very pretty Italian brunette. I watched them film for about a hour, and then it turns out a couple had just gotten married in the Pantheon. The bride was blonde, beautiful and sparkling, and when she came out, everyone in the entire piazza clapped for them (an Italian custom whenever anyone gets married). The two actors came up to the bride and groom, and the gentleman actor gave the bride a kiss on both cheeks. I thought it was overall really neat, and after a little bit more of this, I went off and wandered some more down the Corso.
So today I did a search to find out what movies are currently filming in Rome, and Angels and Demons is one of them. I click on that link, and I find photos of the man and woman that I saw on set, and the man WAS TOM HANKS after all. I also recognized the woman in the photo. I watched Tom Hanks for a hour, and never realized it was him! HOLY NUTS. I am KICKING myself so hard now for not taking any pictures! I did actually take one picture of the scene in front of the Pantheon, but I think it was a picture of the extras because they were using broad stereotypes for a typical "Italian crowd" (with groups of friars, nuns, children playing with bubble guns, Indians hawking roses, Asian tourists with their cameras and so on) and I thought that was funny.
Basically who I got to see yesterday on set (photo ganked from Internet, of them at another location in Rome):
Geez.
6 comments:
holy shite, Alice! I can't believe you saw Tom Hanks!!!
whoa girl! And you didn't trip over yourself?
Yeah, he's in his 50's. I thinking of him in "Big". Looong time ago!
Yet another "Brush With Greatness" for Alice Magillacuddy Wack.
As you might not recall, "Magillacuddy" was Lucille Ball's fictional name on her comedy sit-com - her character's whole name was Lucille "Lucy" Esmeralda McGillicuddy Ricardo, married to Ricky Ricardo.
She was always having brushes with greatness that she did not recognize as such until LATER, just like YOU !!!
Don't you realize, Alice, that some day an art student is going to regard seeing YOU in the same way ?
That is your destiny, young lady ! Live up to it !
OPIE !
That's little OPIE TAYLOR from the Andy Griffith Show (real name : Ron Howard, who is now a director, and obviously directing this particular movie), on the far left of the photo.
Ron Howard married a woman I know from Opelousas and has been seen here a few times.
I know this for certain because I have seen him in Opelousas eating at the Palace !
Yay for our hometown, good old Opelousas !
There is also an article on the wedding and I e mailed tha to Alice and Mom.
Yes! Yes!
Did you get to see Julia Roberts and Clive Owens last week ?!?!?
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