Had to travel up to Britannia Beach yesterday, which is about a one hour drive north of Vancouver, to film a new Canadian series called Search and Rescue. Search and Rescue is a drama about the exploits of a Canadian Coast Guard crew.
In this episode I play a sailor who needs to be saved when the lifeboat cable breaks during a drill, dropping the lifeboat and its occupants into the sea, upside down from the side of the freighter.
The waters in October are chilly to say the least, but the costume department did their best to keep us warm with a hot tub on the dock (which we took advantage of often), dry towels, blankets, hot water bottles and, of course, hot soup! I was also fortunate to be wearing a half wet suit, so my core was relatively dry. Our day started with a call time of 6am and we wrapped up around 7pm. It sucked to be cold and wet all day, but we were fed well. At lunch I took advantage of the Brontosaurus ribs!
Just lucky I didn’t get sick, I chalk this one up to experience. All in all I probably won’t do it again 
Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Leo
Filed under: Lucid Thoughts, On The Set
When are you going to get a role on Stargate Atlantis? I mean, come on!
Too bad we can’t see you’re episode in the states.
haha leo you look like you havent eaten in days lol
Sounds like a pretty mad day Leo, certainly not one most people would be able to say they had!
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I thought you’d been arrested and this was a photo of you from inside prison, lol.
Didn’t you mention that you were going to be on Bionic Woman? I haven’t watched the show yet but have heard from some people that really like it. If you’re in an episode, give a holler so I can check it out.
I checked out a couple of Bionic Woman eps and it’s not too bad, the show definitely has potential.
In which episode can we see you Leo?
Brontosaurus ribs you say…yabba dabba do!
Hmmm, 13 hours of being cold and wet doesn’t sound very exciting. At least they did their best to keep you warm and comfortable (although they could have maybe shot the episode during a warmer time of the year) and well fed. Hope they paid you well for that!