posted for Bonnie Hatusu

It was a long day for me, about thirteen hours on Friday, but what started
out with boredom and sore feet ended with a bang... literally.

For the entire morning, my group was told to stand together and act as
spectators/ bystanders watching the action. After a half hour it was
incredibly boring and hot in our heavy clothing. We got very good at ripping off our coats, scarves and jackets after every take and watching the Gotham police for the signal (caps back on) to put our coats back on super fast for the next take.

After a while, my knees ached and I watched the local building clock
move...so...slowly.

Thankfully, right at noon we were marched away for a nice long lunch of
sandwiches (turkey, roast beef, or veggie) chips, apple and a cookie.

We were kept upstairs at the meeting location for a couple hours, which was interesting because I got to talk to some people who had been working on the film for a while. The day before, they had been rehearsing outdoors when that huge storm hit. No, I didn't meet any famous actors. We only saw them during filming if at all. They had their lunch at a different location.

Finally, we were released back to the filming location in dribs and drabs .
Some people got to walk back and forth. Our group was brought out to be
spectators again, then pulled back and told to wait nearby. Soon a large
group of extras was stationed there attracting people leaving work. We could see the action which was quite exciting for a while. We had a few people trying to jump in as extras but they were easy to spot by their short sleeved colorful shirts. Next to the interlopers, our group looked quite somber in our winter neutrals.

Only a few minutes before the scheduled wrap time, some of us were taken to a location where we spent the next 45 minutes being filmed dodging bullets. My group got to run through a puddle and crash into a brick wall, cowering on the sidewalk. After a while, we were so into it, we threw caution to the wind and took cover like real people ducking real bullets. At one point a Gotham Police Officer tripped over me.

I have bruises from landing hard on the wet sidewalk over and over.

How cool is that?

Soon they called an end to shooting. The director, Christopher Nolan came
by, looked at the playback and said "Great Job. Thank you, everyone!" We all clapped and cheered.

The people in costume had to spend the next hour or so checking out. The extras like us got to leave right away. I was late for a dinner on the
northwest side. I drove straight there without changing. I looked a mess,
but who cares? I had the best excuse.