Chris Marquette Message Board

We'll be staying tuned for the rest of the interview. No worries, just get to it as soon as you can. (And that's easy for me to say, because I already know what he said.)

Hope your back feels better today. Yay for Nicole!

-TeeJay

Well, look whose autograph I just hung in my little treasure corner in the bedroom:

And, yes, that's a gun holster, but it's only a painted water pistol in there. It's an original prop from a German cop show with my favorite German actor in it. He signed it too. (That's TV illusion for you, because he wore it like that on the show too when they didn't shoot it too close, because a real gun would have been too heavy and would have messed with how the t-shirt fit the guy. Sheesh!)

And unfortunately I had to take Alexander Siddig down temporarily because I don't have enough frames. He'll get a new frame though and make it up on that wall again.

-TeeJay

Talking about Linus dying... We asked Kyle what kind of cancer Linus has. He said they never specified that. They kept it vague for a reason. They didn't want to go into all that medical crap, what chemo he got and all that, so it's just cancer that'll kill him eventually. I wish we could transcribe Kyle's interview right now too, but we only have the video footage that Andrew shot and God knows when we'll get that. Let's hope sooner rather than later.

Oh, and there's also the question about his height, right? Even though he looks taller than me on the picture, I'm kinda squatting to one side to get my arm around him, so I think he was maybe just a tiny bit smaller than me, actually. I'd say maybe around 1.71 or 1.72 m. Does that satisfy you, Anne?

-TeeJay

Yes, Kyle said it himself. There's gonna be a sequel. I don't know how far that project is advanced, though. Deb, make sure to quiz Adam if it's already written if you ever get the chance to go back to the set. You should start making a list with whom to bug about what. LOL

Flashback scenes could totally work. I don't know what they have planned. It would be really cheesy, though, if Linus somehow didn't die. But I can't believe they'd do that.

-TeeJay

I think we can pretty much quell any rumors right here. Chris told us this was something he was approached about quite a long time ago (must have been 2003 or 2004) and never heard back from them. So it looks like this project died on the vine. I removed it from his filmography. Should do that in wikipedia too.

-TeeJay

Just one thing I wanted to mention. To anyone who's read "PS, I Love You", Gerry said to Holly: Shoot for the stars.

We did. And it look where it got us. I think people should try to do that more often. Don't be afraid to aim high. It might not always work out, but you might just have that tiny little window one day where everything falls into place and you get there. I'm so glad that happened to us. I'm still mentally bouncing up and down. I'll be up there with the stars any second now.

-TeeJay

I'm gonna leave for Germany in a few minutes, actually. Unfortunately we didn't manage to get the interview all typed up and proved, so Deb is gonna take a shot at it today. I will only get to Germany by tomorrow around 9 AM CET, so I don't think we will be able to upload it to the site before that. But maybe Deb can post it on the message board or something. Guys, I'm telling you, some of the stuff he said was so incredibly sweet and some stuff was exactly what we always wanted to hear (like when he talks about Adam cheating on Joan).

And the photos are in the gallery:
http://www.chris-marquette.com/gallery/ … p?album=59

I'll write more when I'm back home. Geez, I'm still on a total high.

-TeeJay

Okay, so here's the pictures that we took today on the set. Chris isn't in any of them since the actors weren't on the set yet today. Cross your fingers everyone that we'll get a glimpse of him tomorrow and hopefully can even talk to him (and Kyle Newman, the director). We will be giving our best to be a little bold and approach these guys--if at all possible.

These are two leather couches that they just dumped at the entrance to the college quad and only later carried onto the set:

A banner for the college they're gonna use in the movie:

The actual college they're shooting at is Agnes Scott College in Altanta, GA. This is a picture of the main loop with the front of the college. We saw a banner that said "Welcome Freshmen", this might go up here because they said they were gonna film something there tomorrow:

This is a set of fake bleachers (or whatever that is supposed to be) that we're not sure what it's gonna be used for:

This is the college quad where they put up all sorts of stalls and this Greek-looking stage. They had a banner up at one point that said "Greek Week", so it's probably gonna be like a week of picking who's gonna join the fraternities and sororities:

This is hilarious because Agnes Scott in an all-girls school. And the girls on the campus were going on about how this must be a movie about guys because of this tent (Trojan = company that produces condoms):

This is the "pride" tent with the purple fuzzy chairs :

This will probably be hung on the Greek stage along with a few other banners that we weren't able to get pictures off because they hadn't put them up by the time we left:

We took a picture of these suitcases because we think there might be a scene where Max and/or Owen get dropped off for school and they might be the props they'll be using for this scene. Let's see:

What was also hilarious is that I overheard a college girl walking by that said: "Oh, this is for some movie, Revolution of the Nerds or something like that." Some girls were also bitching about how this whole movie set was gonna disrupt their ability to get to the classes because they'd have to go around it. Man, these girls don't know what they're missing!

-TeeJay

What exactly is your problem with QT? I suggest uninstalling and reinstalling it, but I would know more details about how it's not working for you.

-TeeJay

Thanks for posting that, Deb and I already put it on the website. Looked at the trailer, it's different from the ones we've seen previously. I made caps off the few moments where we catch a glimpse of Chris, look in the gallery.

January 12, huh? So the US people get to see Chris on the big screen twice in one month. That's cool. Maybe I should finagle a business trip to our US office in late January.

-TeeJay

Here's an e-mail exchange with Gary Lundgren, the director of the movie:

Hi Tina,

We're on the road to making Calvin Marshall soon. Probably early next year.

Chris is still attached to play the title role.  We think it's a great character for him -- funny, driven, endearing.

there's been a few $$$ hang ups along the way.  Very difficult to raise money for independent films.  But we're getting close.

Check back in a few months.  Your website looks great BTW.

gary

On Sep 30, 2006, at 1:16 PM, TeeJay wrote:

Hi Gary,

We found your e-mail address on the Broken Sky website. We thought we'd drop you a line because we've put together a Chris Marquette website and we are very interested in any information you might be able to share with us regarding your film, Calvin Marshall, especially since there is so little actual information anywhere on the Internet about it. Anything you might be able to give us would be awesome, but production stills or any other picture material would be most appreciated.

If there is anything we can do to help promote the movie, please let us know. We wrote to Broken  Sky a few months back to ask if there was anything we could do in this regard and we were told to check back at a later date. We'd love to help spread the word about the film, if you'll pass along any info that we can share. Is there any word on a planned release date yet?

You can find our website at www.chris-marquette.com, come by and take a look if you like. It's currently the best resource on the  web with information on Chris Marquette and his work.

Thanks,
Tina

Soooo.... does that mean they haven't actually even shot the movie yet??? I mean, Chris buffed up for it and everything!

-TeeJay

Anne, Temeschwar is actually Timisoara, the town that IFE Romania is located in. I've been there once, but unfortunately I haven't really had much time to see anything there. It seemed like a nice city, though. I certainly liked it much better than Bucharest, which was just ugly. At least the parts that I saw. What city do you live in, Irina? I heard Constanta must be really nice, but I've never been.

Yeah, the dubbing really does suck. I hate it too (oh, I'm German as well, by the way). That's why I'm so glad that with DVDs and the internet we now have access to undubbed stuff as well.

As to American Gun, I hope you're downloading the right version. There's a film by the same title from 2003 (I think) that doesn't have anything to do with the one Chris is in. If the one you're downloading starts with something about shooting people at a school, you've got the right one.

Oh, Anne? I got the Sisterhood book for you today. Unfortunately they didn't have any of those books you wanted for your mom. It looks as if one of them is only available as hardcover and the others are out of print. But we're gonna check another bookstore before I come back home. I also bought the Anna Nalick CD for you today, as well as the new Evanescence CD for myself. Good stuff! Can't believe I blew about $100 in one day.

Irina, can I ask how old you are? I'm 30... Old fart, but not as old as Deb.

-TeeJay