I had passed meds and was exiting a pt's room when our eyes met. I waited in the doorway for the crowd to walk by before pushing my computer back to our desk. Then realizing the person who smiled at me was wearing a hospital gown, I knew it was him. Got to play this one up. I floated across the nurses station and said "He looked at me and smiled" before collapsing in the chair!
They began to work quickly setting up cameras and letting us know where/when the scenes would be shot. During this time Mark Hapka walked out in front of our desk and stood. I looked up and quickly chirped "Hi Nathan." It seemed like it took a second for the realization, he probably doesn't answer to that much nowadays. I said, "we are really big Days fans." Then as I recall my coworker 'hijacked' my conversation. We were asked if we were interested in being extras and signed the forms. For a couple of scenes we stood in back of the nurses station and watched. Then came our big moment... we sat at our usually spots and pretended to work while they filmed. Maybe we will be seen 'working' at the desk on the movie!
We worked while they worked. We spoke to several of the ones behind the scenes and learned that they were from all over. Someone from New York, New Jersey, Ohio and of course LA. By about 3 pm we were tired of hearing "rolling" from down the hall as it sounded a whole lot like the guy with the lunch trays yelling "troley."
The day came to an end and we had still not gotten our pictures with Dylan and Mark. We gave report and gathered phones and cameras and waited outside of the film room. It was there around 8:00pm after a 12 hour shift where I nearly cried watching them film the grieving scene. Finally they were finished for the day. Everyone had been so nice and friendly all day, but I was sure it was now, when they were tired and ready to leave when we would be shunned in the very least. Much to my surprise one of the behind the scenes guys searched out Mark and Dylan and made sure we got pictures with them.
