Hey guys,
We are back in Durango shooting today. I had an hour off last night before bedtime and I found the Durango Wal-Mart Super center. Let me just say, I love Wal-Mart. They literally have everything. Growing up in New York City, we didn't really have Wal-Mart near by, so now I can really appreciate the beauty of Wal-Mart and am taking advantage of this one! I got an Xbox to occupy some downtime in the trailer. I've never been much of a video gamer, but I like the adventure games and the shooting games might help my hand/eye coordination for the gun sequences in the film. I picked up a few games not really knowing what I was buying and when I started playing one I realized I had picked up "Stranglehold" starring Chow Yun Fat! Based on the John Woo movie "Hard Boiled," the graphics are incredible, he jumps, flies and shoots in slow-mo, very John Woo, very cool. I feel a little shy to tell him I'm playing him on a video game, to tell him how cool it is!
Speaking of hand/eye coordination I recently had the opportunity to go to a shooting range with some marines who instructed me and let me practice shooting different kinds of guns, pistols, handguns, shotguns (man those slugs kick back!). They were as surprised as I was that I was actually a good shot. The boys jokingly suggested that I take the test and become a marine. I'm such a pacifist and this was my first time ever shooting a gun. I'm keeping the paper targets so I can remember the experience.
Flying back on the helicopter to Durango, our pilot was Eric, a great guy who has been in the Mexican Air Force for 14 years. He explained a lot to me about the Durango-en countryside. You remember those terracotta colored farms I was mentioning two days ago? They are actually all BEAN farms! Durango is one of the biggest bean producers in the world, and I believe it, cause catering gives us beans at ever meal! We flew over lots of farms, saw horses and cattle and sheep (OH MY!) and I even got to see a silver factory. I am really enjoying myself here shooting in Mexico. Well, back to set, Justin Chatwin is looking over my should as I type and he says "Hi!”?
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