When it Rains...!
We're in San Antonio, Texas taping an outdoor picnic
scene with "papel picado" decorations and a piņata. I look up at the
sky and see a huge dark cloud looming overhead. Suddenly the
production manager yells - "Everybody into your cars," as we're
besieged by a downpour that destroyed the set and pre-empted the
balance of the shooting day.
On top of that one of the actors has to return
home for final exams. The DP, location producer and I are huddled in
the car brainstorming options. An hour later we have rescheduled the
rain date, had a new taping plan in place so we salvaged the footage
in the can, and we relocated to our next interior location to
complete the day's work.