The last guest at Madness Comics was a pleasant surprise. I knew Jerome Blake played several characters
in a Star Wars movie. What I didn’t know was he also had a role in The 5th
Element.
That is a movie I really like. As I handed over a 5th
Element photo for him to sign, I mentioned I actually saw the movie in the theater
when it came out. The theater was nearly empty and I sat in the dark absorbing
the movie. At the start of the movie, I was expecting something serious and noir.
As I sat there munching on popcorn and looking around very
nonplussed, it took 30 minutes or more for it to dawn on me I was watching a comedy.
Jerome was nice enough to say he
experienced the same thing at the cast and crew screening. Since he had a small
part, He didn’t know what was filmed. He
sat in wonder until he started to hear others laugh and then it clicked for him
too.
AH
