Hannah Madison Taylor

As mentioned in the last blog,I was beyond fortunate to land a small role in a pilot for a sitcom with Cedric the Entertainer.I got to play an undercover FBI agent…Honestly, I was beside myself at the thought of getting to live out a little bit of my Charlie’s Angels fantasy. I showed up 1 HOUR before I was called to be on set(NERD),and headed up to wardrobe. The lovely ladies in wardrobe proceeded to dress me magnificently as an undercover FBI Agent/Hooker…uh huh.The whole morning was absolutely amazing to me,because it was MY FIRST DAY ON A TV SET…Actually, who are we kidding?!? I still find every aspect of production completely and absolutely amazing(Writers and Crew do not get near enough credit in my opinion!They’re the WHOLE REASON I did well at all!). Anyway, finally my first scene came up where I would be arresting someone….There was Cedric and a host of other brilliant actors, and here I was thinking,”What am I doing here?!?This is fantastic.”

We started filming the first scene,and I was actually doing pretty well at arresting someone in a TINY little dress(could have been a swimsuit) and 4 inch heels….At this point it is important to point out that when you’re filming, the lights make you feel so warm and toasty that one might not feel a slight temperature change or drafts of air(REMEMBER THIS IN A SECOND)…BACK TO THE STORY:We did a second pass/take and I hear ” GOOD. AND CUT”, followed by an unknown voice saying ” I SEE CHEEKS”…’I.SEE.CHEEKS’-huh….someone must need a touch up on their makeup or maybe it’s a lighting term…I was going over all of the possibilities, when the main lady in wardrobe said ” UMMM…It’s YOUR CHEEKS…Can I get some double-stick tape?!?”.

Chatter on set:”No she doesn’t need the double-stick tape”, and others said “Hey it’s not for HBO!”.*Laughter* To say that I was prepared for this would be a HUGE lie…I danced in a ballet company,I had SLIGHT malfunctions with wardrobe…..But let me tell you that NOTHING ever prepares you for the moment that your butt cheeks flash a cast and crew of brilliant,award-winning people.I wanted to blurt out ” I’M SO SORRY…”, or try to laugh it off and go “JUST BEING TRUE TO THE HOOKER SIDE OF MY ROLE”….I also maybe wanted to run off of that set…. Then I thought:”Who in Hollywood HASN’T had this happen?”. A quick,”Oh—oops.That’s embarrassing”,followed by a good laugh seemed to be the cure. The next day, I showed up and actually was given a line by the writers(Again,thank you to one writer in particular-you know who you are) and director…People remembered who I was, and were unbelievably kind to me…The wardrobe ladies offered me a robe(robes are truly coveted on set,as I now know,so it was truly meaningful-AND WARM.)Everyone began to refer to me as ‘Dallas’,instead of ‘Hannah’…This of course allowed me to create a backstory for my undercover agent…Her hooker name is ‘Dallas Cheeks’…I know what you’re thinking,and you’re right…it’s a pretty amazing hooker name. When I called my mom that night to give her a recap of everything the call went something like this,”Hey Mom, guess what? I ended up getting a more featured role as an undercover FBI Agent.They didn’t double-stick tape me yesterday,so I flashed everyone.BUT-today I got a speaking role…”My mom laughed.When I was recapping the series of events with one of the writers on the show(along with the phone conversation to my mom)she looked at me and said the closing line to this story should be, “Welcome to Hollywood Baby”.