LA and Hollywood Part 1
MONDAY
On a bit of a whirlwind tour out here in LA for four days hooking up with the new Izimi US team in Hollywood.
3.45 pm - At the end of an 11 hour flight, and after an hour(!) in the line at LAX passport control Paolo and Ricky (St. Hilaire) rolled up in a big black truck to pick me up. Threw the bags in the flat bed, jumped in the rear seat and then it was off to meet Amit (Nemanim) for a swift intro before going back to the hotel to drop bags and get into some fresh underwear.
6.00pm - Paolo and me arranged to meet down in the bar 45 minutes later with Abel Xavier. If you’re into soccer you’ll know who Abel is, but me being the soccer dunce needed an into. Abel is the ex Real Madrid defender who just signed for the LA Galaxy with David Beckham. So, a quick drink in the Skybar, then it was off to get a bite at Cafe Med with Paolo, Ricky, Abel, and Gabriella (from the The Price is Right show).
10.00pm - already half an hour late for our 9.30pm at Dragons Studio to meet up with the creators of the new comic book based movie series The Descendants. Picked up Kenny Coplan, the most connected guy in Hollywood, from some random filling station, then arrived at the studio at about 11pm.
11.00pm - Sat down in the most surreal meeting room: This studio is owned by a guy called Dragon who used to make all the props for Star Trek and a million other films. This room is full of swords, tricorders, axes, suits of armour, robots, masks, … just about everything. Even one of the original sky-bike-rider things from Star Wars and The Predator suit. A real alladins cave. Anyway, this comic book, The Descendants, created by Joey Andrade, is about a superhero called Charlie who is a descendant of Christ. Its sort of Matrix vs DaVinci Code vs Heros vs Alias. The lead guy in the series is the guy who played Darth Maul in Star Wars, englishman Ray Park, and so of course we also got to meet him and watch him rehearse a few fight scenes.
12:45am - Ahh, bed at last. Gotta be up at 7.30 to meet Ricky and the team for a catch up on all the cool stuff thats happening with izimi. Looking forward to a good nights sleep and a busy day tomorrow.