Do you (literally) dream about stand-in work?
I have.
I just woke up from a dream that first team was not available, so I was to do the performance. For some reason I disappeared minutes before the shoot. When I got to my place, there was no teleprompter. Why had no one thought of that?
A long time ago when I was green to stand-in work, I was working overnights on a film and sleeping by day. To stay asleep, I believe I took medicine. This medicine coupled with the stress of working on this film led to my standing in in my sleep. I would be in a half awake, half asleep state, sitting up in bed or in some other pose, thinking there was crew in my bedroom setting up a shot in which I was standing in. This happened so often that I was losing out of quality sleep. Eventually, I had to sternly tell myself before I went to sleep that no matter how much I believed it was actually the case, there was no camera crew in my bedroom requiring me to stand in.
One time, I think I even was sleepwalking; I believe I found myself standing in a corner of my bedroom, standing in.
What about you? Do you dream about stand-in work?
If so, what kinds of dreams have you had?
Were the dreams pleasant, unpleasant, something in between?
Nightmares?
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