Close Encounters of the Krasinski Kind

One heck of an amazing fan report from lemoñadé:

Hi Tallyheads! lemoñadé here. A few weeks ago, I had an incredible week working on the Tucson and Phoenix sets of Farlanders and figured I would share my experience with you guys, seeing as how I always love reading other people’s fan accounts.

A few months ago, an amazing Northern Attack friend of mine gave me the contact info for the casting agent for this film. Mexicanity and I submitted our information and imagine our surprise when we were called in to be featured extras for this movie in Tucson.

We decided to make it a ladies night and stayed at the resort where they were filming the movie. Our call time was Tuesday at 1:30pm, so we drove in Monday night and just hung out at the resort. When we arrived that night, they had already wrapped for the day but there were trailers and lighting everywhere you looked.

On Tuesday morning, we slept in a little and decided to go grab something to eat and walk around. We were curious to see if we would run into any of the filming but right as we stepped out of the elevator, we were walking into their shots. They were shooting in the lobby of the resort.

We snuck to the back to go grab some coffee and just hung out with one of the PA’s. He let us hang out in the back and take pictures while John and Maya filmed their scenes. It was such a treat just sitting back and watching everything that goes into making a movie and seeing a big time director like Sam Mendes take over.

Our call time came and we went into hair and makeup. The scenes they were filming earlier were running late, so they ended up wrapping us for the day but they needed us to come in the next day.

Our big day finally arrived. Since our shoot was moved to the next day, Mexicanity wasn’t able to make it out. I was on my own. I can’t lie. I was a little freaked out. I had never done this before, so I was just hoping I didn’t end up screwing the pooch. I went into hair and makeup and sat around waiting to be called to set.

While I was waiting, something kind of cool happened. The casting agent had been looking for a double for Maya for Phoenix and was having trouble finding someone with her complexion, when she turned to me and remembered I lived in Phoenix. She asked if I could do it. I said yes and then she took me to some of the production people and they ok-ed me to do it. I had no idea what “it” was but I was going to be doing it.

They finally called me down to be in the scene. I played a bartender and was a few feet from John and Maya. During breaks, they would come sit on the bar stools right in front of me. They were both extremely nice and were joking around. I can’t remember what I said, but I made John laugh and that more than made my day. We filmed quite a few shots and then they wrapped filming in Tucson.

While filming in Tucson, I noticed that there were a few people walking around wearing Dunder Mifflin hats and I saw some Dunder Mifflin stickers on the equipment boxes. I ran into one of the guys who was wearing a DM hat and I told him I liked his hat.

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   75. SarahPlain&Tall  Tue. Mar. 17, 2009 | 1:49pm

   Wow! What an amazing experience! You are so lucky. I am so jealous! Haha. One of the things on my “List of Things to Do Before I Die” is to visit a movie set. Thanks for sharing your experience with us! I can’t wait to see you in the movie!

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   74. fabio  Sun. Sep. 14, 2008 | 11:22am

   That is simply amazing! And you just thought you were going to be an extra! Holy crap!

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   73. GHalpert  Wed. Aug. 27, 2008 | 9:35am

   Wow, that whole experience sounds incredible! I’ve dreamed so much of what I’d say to John Krasinski if I had the chance, besides “Will you marry me?” which would be a little foward. I always imagined him as a person that you could talk to and be cool with. You got to talk to him a few times, with time for some cool conversation. I’m jealous! It’s so nice to hear that one of my dream men is a normal down to earth guy. Can’t wait for the movie.

   PS- has the title changed from “Farlanders?” I think I saw a title change on the imdb website.

   PPS-John, do a movie in Cincinnati PLEASE! : )

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   72. LuluPanda  Sun. Jul. 6, 2008 | 10:13am

   Oh. My. God. I am SO jealous! Go you for not stuttering like an idiot around John, as I’m positive I would have done! I am so glad to know that he is just as nice in real life as he is in the show. It just makes me love him even more! *swoon*

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   71. paulina  Sat. Jul. 5, 2008 | 12:39pm

   that is so amazing! thanks for sharing :)

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   70. LittleTuna  Sat. Jul. 5, 2008 | 11:51am

   Un. Be. Liev. A. B. Le.

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   69. Caroline  Fri. Jul. 4, 2008 | 8:34pm

   Wow, how amazing! Thanks for the awesome account. And you do look a little like Maya, you know!

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   68. kelsey  Fri. Jul. 4, 2008 | 4:36pm

   You are so lucky! I am so jealous!

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   67. jkrasislove  Fri. Jul. 4, 2008 | 10:18am

   high fives from John?! a Really good week?!?

   there are no words to describe my jealousy :)

   thanks for this awesome report!

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    66. Tiffany  Fri. Jul. 4, 2008 | 7:31am

    I’m pretty darn happy that we get more John in theaters :D

    Congrats, lemonade! I think it is fantastic that you were chosen as a stand-in… Your account is fantastic! I can’t wait to see your part in the film.

    Can I just say that John has a great mountain man look? Seriously. It’s just. Awesome.

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    65. Zac  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 10:09pm

    I’m going to prove that I’m a total geek by saying that I would’ve been more excited to talk to Sam Mendes than John Krasinski only because American Beauty is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen and would love to talk to him about it.

    Talking to John would’ve been awesome too!

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    64. Emma  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 6:59pm

    Great report! I’m a little jealous though! :)

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    63. Muffy  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 6:58pm

    Thanks for “taking us along” on your awesome experience! I would have been totally tongue tied trying to converse with John. You did it! Congratulations on what must have been an amazing week.

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    62. JAM  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 5:15pm

    sexxy.

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    61. Pam Scherbatsky  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 12:45pm

    Wow! You are one majorly lucky girl. I really don’t know what else to say.

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    60. Mexicanity  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 11:58am

    I’m so glad you had such a great experience!!! Thanks for sharing :o)

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    59. Mimi  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 9:37am

    Congrats! I would have just geeked out and fainted or something! Thanks for sharing in detail, this really helps when we are months away from seeing him on TV again :)

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    58. MIntdwight?  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 8:01am

    Out of control awesome. I kept looking at the photo, and wondering if it was the real Maya–so it’s no doubt you made the B team. And time with John and his sweet self. Way to go for staying cool. I could have talked Celtics with him in my best “one of the guys” attitudes, but after that, I would have Kelly Kapoor-ed all over him.

    Maybe there is more Maya stand-in work in your future?!? How exciting.

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    57. Kitty  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 5:08am

    That is so cool!

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    56. Cayce80  Thu. Jul. 3, 2008 | 12:25am

    How awesome! My fantasy life goes something like that (with a few extra scenes thrown in). ;)

    Thanks so much for sharing that with us!

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