Fan Report from the Set of “Bel Ami”

On Sunday 4th April 2010, @alexandra1116 said:

So yesterday I got to set around 5.30pm and was very surprised to see that it was right next to a busy road that wasn't shut down and a lot of people were just standing there not because they were fans, but because they had no idea what was going on. Because the filmed inside the courtyard of a building, they let us stand relatively close this time. Will post some pics later. Rob arrived at around 8.30pm and as is usual by now, no one screamed :) He walked straight onto the set inside the courtyard. I was standing in a place where I could see right inside, so I got to watch him film the first scene. He was basically walking quite determinedly (possibly angrily?) across the courtyard, speaking to someone at the other end. He came out to the monitors quite often to review footage and we had an even better view of him then. They made us move to the side for the second scene because they were filming through the gate, so I couldn't really see what was going on anymore for a while. All I could see was a carriage going back and forth. Still, we got to see him come and go from his trailer :) He left around 11.30 but came back around 1am (we were allowed to stand where we were before) and worked inside the courtyard again until 5.30am with a few half an hour breaks, which he spent in his trailer. There were basically two places we could stand, in front of the gate or at the side by the path to his trailer. I stood at the front for most of the night, but decided to walk down to the side when I knew that they were nearly finished filming. His car was parked there and although there were 2 vans parked between the car and us, there was a gap in between so I could see just fine. I was about 5 metres from his car. A few other girls decided to follow me (there were about 20-25 girls at the set in total by the end) so 7 of us stood near the car (behind the famous security tape of course :D) When they were finished filming, Rob walked towards the fans at the front and said something to them that I couldn't make out (but now know it was "Happy Easter" in Hungarian). All the girls cheered and clapped. When he walked to his car, our little group started clapping too. I think he thought all the fans were at the front and wasn't expecting anyone else, because when he looked up at us, his face was kind if like "huh?" for a second. LOL. I was the first person he noticed when he looked up, so when he looked at me I stopped clapping and waved at him, smiling. He gave a huge grin in response and waved back at me, then waved at the rest of the group and shouted "Happy Easter" in Hungarian to us too. I totally melted :D Then he got in his car and left, and so did everyone else. So that's my little story from last night :)
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