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Today was one of the weirdest days of filming ever. Fun. Sick vibes. But after a couple days of shredding we realized it’s going to get really flat later this week. We drove everywhere looking for waves this morning without much luck. Then the dice came out. The Doors. Pond. Iggy. A carton of Kronenberg, Heineken, some bottles of red. Then went surfing at 5PM. The boys (Noa Deane, Wade Goodall, Brendon Gibbens and Dion Agius) surfed a 2-foot shore break, super crowded (and a little drunk). We stood in the shoreline and shot film. Some crazy people down on the beach.
It’s now 10 PM and the sun is still up. Surreal and bright, just above. Staring at us all day. We’re eating nachos at Le Creme Cafe in the 10PM sunlight. Such a funny day. This is us France. Don’t know what’s going to happen this week. The boys are in cruise control. But we have some ideas. —Kai
Noa Deane in France filming for This is Us: France Collected Thoughts 047
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