A byootaful Life

**I’m going to preface this by saying there is a slight possibility of SPOILERS if you’re an avid Fringe fan. There’s no plot details, but I do mention what I saw while watching the filming. Just sayin’…**

Last week Phill and I decided to do lunch in the city together. We passed a street that was blocked off with a police car and stopped to have a look, since the police man was just leaning against his car looking rather disinterested so we figured it wasn’t a crash or crime scene or anything. There were a few taxis lined up inside the barriers, which wouldn’t have been that strange except they were clearly labeled “NY TAXI” and well, we weren’t in New York. We realised they were filming something and that meant the possibility of famous people being around, so we headed across the road for a closer look.

It turned out they were filming Fringe, which is of course a pretty popular science fiction show right now. Phill watches it – I used to, but stopped after the first season. However, that didn’t make me any less excited to see Joshua Jackson and John Noble! We saw Joshua standing in the middle of the road chatting to some people and later, John Noble was sitting on top of a bus. Random, but I guess somehow Walter ends up on the top of a Vancouver bus and calls out to Peter to help him down… just as the bus starts to move. We watched them do a couple takes of the scene, but my stomach was rumbling so we left them to it while we went to find some food.

We saw John’s stunt double hanging around and I was surprised the real John was up on top of the bus, but once they started filming we understood why – he had lines to deliver. We couldn’t see how he was tied down, but he had to be, right? Especially since the bus moves at the end of the scene!

It was pretty cool and the filming crew were very easy-going with the crowds gathering – there were even people hanging around to be extras in the background. We could have ended up in a future episode of Fringe, but alas, I was too hungry. Maybe next time!