Darren on La Femme Nikita
Some of you may not know this, but back in the days when I had long hair and a goatee, I made a brief run at jumping into the entertainment industry in Toronto as a movie and television extra. The greatest amount of screen time that I ever achieved was in an episode of La Femme Nikita that was being filmed at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Here, for the first time on the internet, I present my appearance on Nikita. The clip is approx. 30 seconds long, but I only appear for about 2 seconds of it. I include the context so that you can see that it is, in fact, a real clip.
When you see the villain enter the scene and walk down the set of stairs, I’m the guy who is directly behind him, and a bit to the left. I’m playing one of his bodyguards, and I’m the only one of the bodyguards who is looking down as we walk down the steps. That’s because all I was thinking at that moment was “Whatever you do, don’t trip down the stairs and mess up the entire scene!”
Although, in retrospect, it would have been a great TV blooper, especially in slow motion, with that dramatic music.
Anyway, here’s the clip. Click on the play button in the lower left corner to watch it.
Oh man. I was expecting the long hairdue! How did you get to be in this movie anyway, thats pretty awesome
Comment by Henrik — July 11, 2006 @ 2:30 am
That was awesome Darren! You look so serious! You should be an actor, you’d be good at it
Comment by Chrissy — July 12, 2006 @ 8:40 pm