Spotting Helen Mirren
I joined the England's Hidden Kingdom project back in 2002, before I worked for Earthwatch.
It was in the tiny village of Kettlewell, which was currently being overwhelmed by the filming of "Calendar Girls". My favorite memory of this expedition is of our team of volunteers huddled in a 400 year old pub, enjoying our beers and watching through the window as Helen Mirren enacted a scene for the movie outside. The scene, of her balancing on a bridge piece, trying to get cell phone reception, was never used in the film, so I think of it as a private performance just for Earthwatchers.
It was in the tiny village of Kettlewell, which was currently being overwhelmed by the filming of "Calendar Girls". My favorite memory of this expedition is of our team of volunteers huddled in a 400 year old pub, enjoying our beers and watching through the window as Helen Mirren enacted a scene for the movie outside. The scene, of her balancing on a bridge piece, trying to get cell phone reception, was never used in the film, so I think of it as a private performance just for Earthwatchers.
