We have only been here for a few weeks and yet it seems like an eternity. Panama feels like home, the set feels like play, and the crew feels like family.

We have been filming all our scenes around the jungle location, Michael and Bonni’s house in the heart of the interior. Here, in the middle of the jungle, we work closely with the locals. It’s fun to kid around while waiting for the next scene. To play football with the guys, or go mingle with the girls who are cooking supper. They are all such great people, and the ‘family’ keeps expanding. The scenes start coming together, and I really feel Christian and I are growing closer acting wise. We just finished a series of night shoots which are always very intense… Yet for some reason, even at night when we are all covered in bug bites , everyone is having a blast.

One of the beautiful things about shooting in the jungle seems to be the lack of western civilization. No TV, no commercials, magazines, busy social life, cell phones, radios.. It feels like a mental detox. There is only ‘The Interior’. All we have to do is work on our scenes, and act. (Which, of course, is not always that simple) I love clearing up my mind and just feeling incredibly alive.

It seems like not just our surroundings, but this whole project is having an interesting effect on us. We all feel like we are part of something very special. Not just us as crew, but also as viewers. I simply can not wait to see the first episode and experience the impact of something that has had such an impact on my life already…

Posted by hverboom on May 21, 2007 - digg it