A Real Ponce

"Yes, I've had a look at the part - a real ponce. So that's what you think of me, huh?"

That's what Peter Hassan Brown said (or is it Hassan Peter Brown? I can never get the order right) after reading the script and the part I had him in mind for.

I've been getting quite a few comments like these. All in light-hearted fun, of course, but totally expected. So far, I've had to ask Saiful's sister whether she'd be willing to play a sweet little girl with the biggest porn collection in South East Asia, I've had to ask Nazneen whether she'd be willing to play a grade-A first class rich bitch, and now this: asking Peter Brown whether he'd be willing to play a violent version of Uncle Monty from Withnail & I.

But the e-mail was also filled with a lot of happy stuffs, such as:

"I think you are a very good script writer, and it has that panache - sort of Steven Speilberg hyperreal stuff. I feel very overawed by it, quite honestly."

Sweet. As. Pie.

Tonight's our first production meeting. I've got Ariff Aris on D.P. duties, Diana as my trusty production manager, Paul and Ahmad as sound/light men/production assistants and Paul will also be doubling as skate-stunt coordinator and Ahmad will be doubling as the documentarian of the entire shoot.

Tonight will be... quite messy, I reckon. But hopefully we'll get all the shit sorted out for this Saturday's shoot.