Still Photos Stills

Greetings Fans,
As you may recall, back in June, Carol portrayed a 78-year old grandmother in the Point of Contention production of Still Photos. I have posted some photos from the show in previous posts, but the official production photos are now available here. Go check 'em out!

Brett Lee, Elisé Lammers, Jason Ober, Carol Townsend and Danielle O'Farrell / Photo Credit: Brent Walker

All photos are courtesy of Point of Contention - Still Photos

A Dark Knight Moment

... and one more, while we're at it. As you may have seen mentioned elsewhere on this site, both Carol and I also worked on The Dark Knight. In a cruel irony, I was clearly visible in one scene for almost 30 seconds (and a few seconds in two other scenes), but we weren't able to spot Carol when we saw the movie in the theater.

That said, having been able to take a... closer look... I can now confirm that Carol did, in fact, make the final cut! In the scene in Bruce Wayne's penthouse (as not described in this blog post) when the Joker crashes the party and is terrorizing the guests, as he is walking over to confront Rachel, you can catch a glimpse (albeit blurry) of Carol sitting on a couch in the background.

Holy partycrashers! Carol cowers on the couch as the Joker menaces.

See her? Just to the right of the Joker's left shoulder. I've highlighted her in the picture above (click for a larger version). That's Carol, I swear!

Fred Claus: Revisited

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all the fans out there! Please excuse the extreme gap between posts. Carol has been busy working various product promotions, preparing a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner, and various auditions.

In the meantime, let's revisit some news from almost two years ago. Back in January 2007, I wrote about our adventures working in the cold Chicago streets as extras on Fred Claus. We saw the movie in the theater last Christmas, but we couldn't identify whether we made the cut or not. Now that the movie is out on DVD and Pay-per-view, we were able to take a closer look. Amazingly, out of the 100s of extras that were working, Carol and I made it to the screen!

At 14:45 into the movie for a full 5 seconds, you can catch us walking behind Fred (Vince Vaughn) as he is ringing a bell and asking for donations. Just as he says "Hey there, gimme a hug ... you gorgeous leopard, meow! Who's the queen of the jungle? You are!", Carol and I are walking right behind him.

If you blink, you're liable to miss it. So here, I've captured the moment for you.

Humbug! Busy shoppers, Mark and Carol, ignore the guy in the Santa hat.

At the extreme screen right, you'll see Carol and me just about to walk off the screen. Another 5 seconds of fame. It's cumulative, right?