Our friends Annabelle and Cliffy have a connection to one of our favorite TV shows. Cliff's son Warren is the unit production manager for The Fringe!! We have been wanting to meet him for some time, and finally we got to. Annabelle invited us for New Years Eve Brunch with Warren, wife Leesa and Daughter Ruby. Dean and I are such geeky people when it come to our TV shows, when we were in New York we were seeking out places that CSI had been, or Vegas, and when we watch the shows we do the reverse and watch where we've been! So you can imagine we were beside ourselves to actually meet someone in the field!! We googled Warren and found all the shows he has had his hand in, we had quite a few of them, Final Destination 3, Category 7, and Butterfly Effect, to name a few. So us being the geeks were are.... we brought the movies with us to see if Warren would sign them for us. Not knowing what kind of person he would be, we kept the movies hidden. But within minutes of meeting Warren and Leesa, it was obvious, these 2 were awesome people, and so, so personable! Warren asked if we knew of the show The Fringe, and we jumped up "Yes! We love it!!!" He said to Annabelle, oh damn, if I had known they were fans I would brought the discs, we said actually... we have them, ..... here..... would you sign them for us? He smirked and said of course, but we waited to the end of our visit to give him a pen. He told us humurous stories of all the people ( stars ) he has met, worked with and we could have listened to his stories all day! Warren said every one of the cast of the Fringe is so nice, down to earth, and if we bumped into them they would gladly take a photo or give an autograph. Good to know, now I wouldn't be scared if I saw them in Vancouver where filming is! My favourite story was when Warren met Harrison Ford. This was his idol, and when he was a kid he had the hat, the whip and named his cat Indianna. So when he finally got to meet his idol.... lol well let me tell you. Warren was on set, about 6:30 am the food table was just filled up for the day, brownies warm from the oven, so Warren all alone in the room, chose a brownie, and then thinking "I need Milk" filled a glass of milk. Then he feels a presence behind him and hears the tink tink of a stirring cup, he turns around and is face to face with said idol.... Harrison Ford! Left speechless he mutters out, "Hi Harrison, I'm Warren, assistant director" Harrison says "Hi Warren" Warren says "I'd shake your hand, but as you can see it's full of brownie!" Harrison says " I see that Warren" so Warren puts down his milk, and falling into the starstruck category, makes a fist and taps Harrison Ford on the shoulder!!!!! Later that day at the soup truck, Harrison is sitting in a car waiting for the next scene to start, and Warren is at the truck, he gets his soup and is eating it and sees thru a small opening in the steamed up front window, Harrison looking at him... Warren already nervous after his morning tap, is thinking "OMG, what does he want? maybe soup?" so while he is eating he makes, as Warren says "the universal sign for want some soup?" which consists of the nodding of your head, whilst spooning soup into your mouth. Harrison gives him a thumbs up, so Warren meekishly walks over with a bowl of soup, Harrison rolled the window down a crack big enuff for the soup bowl, and nodded thanx and rolled the window back up. (Probably trying to avoid another shoulder tap! )
The stories went on, so entertaining!!! Leesa is a set designer and she has worked with Jack Black, which made Maddie very jealous! It was such an awesome afternoon! Warren ended up taking our Fringe seasons and said he'll get the whole cast to sign it and send it back!!!! Yep, we squealed with delight at that!!
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| Warren thinking very hard and smirking hugely at what to write on our DVD's . He wrote a few parts of the stories we had heard, one was, "Want some soup?" |
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| Dean, Warren and Me holding The Fringe Discs! |
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| Maddie and Warren, she's holding her favourites, Butterfly Effect and Final Destination |
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| Ruby got a build a bear, that Leesa had to sew and stuff, and she also got a crochet kit. Leesa wan't sure how to crochet only knit, and Maddie just learning picked up the hook and crocheted a little scarf for Ruby's doll! Maddie was a hit, looking like a cat and all, Ruby quite took to her! |
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| Annebelle and Warren... cheers! |
