Fourth Day of Bunny

April 1st, Saturday-More Bunny. We began with the now traditional intake of caffeine. This time we came prepared with towels so that Daryl could change without getting his feet wet, rubbing alcohol to clean the inside of the latex mask, walkie talkies, and gaffer's tape. This morning it was threatening to be cloudy and rainy, but it ended up beautiful. The first actor we had was an adult, and a comedian, so it went extremely well and extremely fast. He brought his friend along and he got into the act too. Then Christian made Bunny walk all around the block prancing and dancing. By the time he'd made it around he was hot and exhausted. But because the actors were so good, we were running way ahead of time so when we reached our next location we were an hour early. Nanette, our producer, took a nap in the car while we scoped out a little square. It had little stores, a mah johng parlor, a pretty skeevy wishing well, and paper lanterns everywhere. We were accosted by an older lady who told us that a Dr. Shapiro comes regularly on Saturdays and hands out $200 to everyone in the square. She also said that she was a little bit psychic and that she could tell that Daryl was going to be wealthy, not from a palm reading or a face reading, but from his aura. Well, that's nice. Let's hope it happens. Anyway, the talent showed up, who turned out to be Christian's neighbor and her son, Mac, who's six, but really I think he's more like ten because he's so smart. Mac's dad was also there because we were all going to go out for Dim Sum afterwards. Christian had Mac learn a Chinese phrase which he wanted him to say after his encounter with Bunny. I just find it amusing that Mac actually knows Japanese and Korean, but Christian wanted him to say something in a language he didn't know. The first take was hilarious because as Daryl was approaching Mac, a slew of children ran after Bunny, yelling "Bunny! Bunny! Bunny!" Afterwards Christian got Akiko, Mac's mom to get into the movie as well. And then we had lunch at Empress Pavilion, where I was once again let down by the language barrier. For some reason most people think "meat" when I ask if any of their food has wheat in it. I know it's not going to go well when they refer me to the vegetarian section of the menu. But I can eat sesame balls so I had three and a bowl of rice and steamed vegetables. Mac was so sweet he whispered to me when the last sesame ball was on the table. He wanted to be sure I knew it was still available. Now that is some kid. And then we moved on to Broadway downtown, which was full of people. Christian had Bunny walk up and down the escalator from the subway and then up and down the crowded street. It was fun. I think he walked up and down two city blocks and then Christian asked him to dance around the park. It would have been nice if I could have figured out how to turn on the walkie talkies. On the other hand, it all went very well. Luckily afterwards he let Daryl take the Bunny head off so he could get shots of the feet moving. Daryl was so tired. Afterwards, he said his legs and arms were weak, as if he'd been exercising all day. It's tough being Bunny.