Get Me to Them to the Greek

Last week I had a blast working as Rose Byrne's stand-in on the Nick Stoller film "Get Him to the Greek." A spinoff of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," this Apatow production charts the journey of rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) as he is escorted by a young music exec (Jonah Hill) to his comeback concert at the Greek theater in Los Angeles. I did get a chance to see a cut of a scene filmed in last month in Vegas, but the real treat of the whole experience was getting to watch lengthy improvised takes, which had us all doubled over trying not to laugh out loud while the camera was still rolling.

In addition to getting to meet and work with the gracious stars and hugely talented crew, I got to lie in a hay-filled manger holding a plastic baby, see a man purposefully lit on fire, and ride a tiny metal circle 30 feet straight up into the air while an entire African village's dance was choreographed below. All that, and lunch options including a choose-your-own-Pad-Thai bar.

I love Hollywood.