It’s a common thing when you live in LA to see yellow signs in your neighborhood directing crew members to film shoots. So when I started seeing them in my neighborhood a few months ago I wasn’t exactly surprised. Of course, I was not prepared for the level of excitement I would feel when I saw the filming notice for Faster taped to my building’s front door and headed upstairs to IMDb it.
Does it matter that the film is set for release this November and you haven’t heard of it yet? Of course not. You want to know why? Because Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is its star. I can’t tell you how much I love Johnson. It’s difficult to explain why, exactly. Perhaps it’s his ridiculously bright smile. Or the fact that he obviously spends way too much time at the gym and doesn’t seem like your typical, bench-pressing tool bag. Maybe it has something to do with the idea that he could go from being a WWF (you know, when it was still a Federation and not just for Entertainment) star to playing a tooth fairy so effortlessly. Whatever it is, the guy has an undeniable likeability factor. So in spite of the fact that Faster looks like it’ll be about as Oscar-worthy as 2 Fast 2 Furious was, I’m still secretly hoping it’ll be successful enough to at least stay off our site.
Okay, maybe not so secretly hoping. I was, after all, this close to being on set. That’s like almost being an extra. Watch out, Hollywood.
