Longtime CSI fan <font color=yellow>Deborah Fujiwara</font> never imagined she'd get to witness the filming of an episode of CSI: New York, let alone that she'd be chowing down on bugs at the L.A. set of the show with the cameras rolling. But when Fujiwara spied an announcement in a CSI Files news bullet about a casting call for extras willing to eat exotic cuisine in an upcoming episode of the show, "Fair Game," Fujiwara found the opportunity too good to pass up. " "I followed the link on CSI Files to the Deep End Dining site more out of curiosity than anything else," Fujiwara revealed to CSI Files. "Once I read the Deep End Dining site I was kind of surprised to see I met all of the requirements they were looking for and I went, 'What the hell? I'd eat bugs to get a behind-the-scenes peek at my favorite show.'" Fujiwara took the plunge, sending a picture, her vital stats and a statement assuring she was up for sampling the exotic cuisine the episode would require to Deep End Dining site blogger <font color=yellow>Eddie Lin</font>, who also served as the technical advisor for the episode. " He responded right away and said I sounded perfect but that he didn't have the final authority on who got selected. He was just gathering people to forward onto someone at CSI: New York," Fujiwara said. "Three weeks went by and I didn't hear anything so I didn't think I was selected until he e-mailed me back a week before the shoot and asked if I wanted to do it. And I was like, 'Yes! Definitely.' There wasn't really a whole lot of notice, but it wasn't a problem." Fujiwara and the other extras in the scene had to be on set at 4:30pm on the day of the shoot. The scene called for Fujiwara and her fellow extras to don formal wear for a fancy dinner at the Waldorf--a dinner which consisted of the aforementioned exotic cuisine. Before even filming the scene, there was three hours of prep work for the extras. "Wardrobe, hair and make-up took probably about three hours," she said of the preparation. "I was amazed. Someone from the CSI: New York wardrobe department contacted me the week before the shoot and got all of my measurements--my dress size and my shoe size. Someone from the show went out and got all of the outfits for everyone." <HR ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" WIDTH="45%" COLOR="#007BB5"> To read the full interviews, please click here.<center></center>
Woot yay Deborah. I enjoyed reading your insight on your experience so much. Tomorrow is the big day! Congrats!
Yay, MrsG !!!! That was a great article. and tomorrow is the big night! I am so excited to see the show and you!!!
Dude, that's so wrong. It's like an artist never taking the time to step back and enjoy the work that he's done. So tragic. And coz he's really, really HOT!!!!!!!! :lol: