Originally posted by Hatton
simon west? simon callow?
To be perfectly honest I really cannot remember. The name Simon West does ring a bell, it could have been him. I think it definately wasn’t Simon Callow.
One thing funny when we made the advert. On the first morning of shooting the film crew needed something done to some pyrotechnics, so they went along to the base armourers. As it was over-and-above their RNZAF work, the armourers said they’d do the job, whatever it was, for a dozen of beer.
No problem, said the crew. The job was done, a dozen of Tiger Beer handed over, and on the day went.
An hour later when the set was being set up, the director arrives demanding some Tiger Beer to add to the scenery. A props man suddenly finds, very red faced, that Tiger had actually only supplied two dozen beer for the whole shoot! In those days it was not available in the country so it could not be bought at the offy! So a mad rush was made to negotiate the beer back from the thirsty armorers!
It turned out they intended to use local beer, DB Draught, in all the glasses, and the Tiger was purely for show in foreground shots! It was a narrow escape for the props man, who nearly got in deep trouble for losing half the main product!
We went through four kegs of the local brew that day, but a lot of that we couldn’t drink because the props man kept adding shaving foam into the glasses – for realism! I managed a few swigs though. And at the end of the day the Air Force guys were allowed to divy up the remaining DB and also the Tigers so we all got a taste- and the armourers missed out! I still have one of the bottle caps as a souviner.
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