I live in Toronto. ... "I love snow, I love winter." .... That's EASY for a guy visiting briefly from LA LA LAND to say! ... It's Feb 17th and we're expecting almost another 2 FEET of snow tonight. ... Jesus Hal, you have NO IDEA!!! .... Canadian winters suck shit through a straw!
I worked as an extra with you guys! and I know what you are saying! We were f..... frezzing on our bikes ! And we had days that were more than 12 hrs! I loved the experience anyway... :) and Yes Toronto is great!!! I lived there for 5 years! And I have a Canadian son :) I was also in the scene on the bus :)
Hey Hal huge fan,I was a lighting guy on QAF for first 2 season . Froze my ass off 15 hour's a day.. Most fun I had on any show ever hands down...PS cast was incredibly friendly and down to earth..Rock on Hal
Thanks for the great info! There's a scene with you and Randy I remember....where it was so cold out I could see your face was frozen...the camera shot at some point went behind your head....my guess so you could ADR the dialogue. I'm not positive but it might have been the scene where Justin confronts Michael about telling Brian he's aware of Brian's cancer, and Justin asks "did he kick you out?".... Thanks again for the behind the scenes details - love it!!
some of my most creative fantasies involve walking through 3 feet of snow...either before or after. Is that weird? I blame it on Conrad Aiken's Silent Snow Secret Snow. Dam those short story writers! I was a very impressionable Youth (said like Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinnie.) Always great to hear you talk about Production. Thanks Hal.
Hal says at 1:13 that when shooting that it wasn't like it was winter..I DISAGREE!! there are a lot of episodes that used winter in the scenes..such as 1-16 Michael and David are building a snowman and later go ice skating outdoors with David's son. In epi-1-19 Brian takes Michael to go bow on the street and Michael says "come its cold" In epi 3-07 Ted wipes the snow off of Brian's windshield. In epi 3-11 Michael says to Ben (talking about Hunter) "Hes probably warmer than we are,I bet some rich sugar daddy has him wrapped in a cashmere comforter"..Later in that same epi Ben finds Hunter on the street and tries to give him a down coat to wear. In 5-11 at the vigil you can see its very cold, you can see everyone's breath, they have mittens on,scarves etc..My point is that a lot of the epis used the cold for that episode..now in the beginning of seasons 1 and 2 you can see that they were shot in the spring or summer such as 1-04..Justin is running away from his mother..or in season 2 epi 2-03 or pride in 2-04..
Can't imagine walking in snow with almost nothing on. I can't even walk in snow with snow boot on. LOL But then again, I'm probably alike or worse than your gf about this. Well, let's see.... it's 1AM and 82F right now. *sweat*
Lived College and Spadina area. A few blocks from Kensington Market. Toronto is a wonderful city to live in and so much to see and do. I used to actually work a few blocks up from where you used to shoot on Church St. I was up towards Bloor. Am now a West coast girl and must say...I do not miss the snow. Lived with it for almost 30 years. Now enjoy the Okanagan weather. Glad you enjoyed TO.
I live in Toronto. ... "I love snow, I love winter." .... That's EASY for a guy visiting briefly from LA LA LAND to say! ... It's Feb 17th and we're expecting almost another 2 FEET of snow tonight. ... Jesus Hal, you have NO IDEA!!! .... Canadian winters suck shit through a straw!
I worked as an extra with you guys! and I know what you are saying! We were f..... frezzing on our bikes ! And we had days that were more than 12 hrs! I loved the experience anyway... :) and Yes Toronto is great!!! I lived there for 5 years! And I have a Canadian son :) I was also in the scene on the bus :)
As a Canadian, it is heartwarming to hear such lovely comments about one of our great cities. Loved the behind the scenes info! Keep 'em coming!
+Carole Fournier I'm looking forward to going back to toronto to visit soon. It'd be weird to shoot a different project there
My city too and it's wonderful!
Hey Hal huge fan,I was a lighting guy on QAF for first 2 season . Froze my ass off 15 hour's a day.. Most fun I had on any show ever hands down...PS cast was incredibly friendly and down to earth..Rock on Hal
1) I love the way your brain works. 2) Thanks for the behind the scenes information on filming. Keep 'em coming. Very interesting.
YES!!
Hal is a creep
We love u here on Toronto Hal, loved QAF, u and Ben were my favorite couple and your a great actor and singer
I miss this. Please do more
Fantastic extra info - thanks so much for sharing xx
Very interesting! I know i'm quite late, but thanks anyway for these FaQs!
Be happy Hal, you deserve it.. and the same old saviors too :*
I'm with you on Chicago being a really nice city. There is so much to do.
+FatalFox23 Chicago wins this city contest forever... so says I :)
+Hal Sparks Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Thank you! I think my city wins forever too! :D
+Hal Sparks Hi!
Thanks for the great info! There's a scene with you and Randy I remember....where it was so cold out I could see your face was frozen...the camera shot at some point went behind your head....my guess so you could ADR the dialogue. I'm not positive but it might have been the scene where Justin confronts Michael about telling Brian he's aware of Brian's cancer, and Justin asks "did he kick you out?"....
Thanks again for the behind the scenes details - love it!!
A FELLOW WINTER LOVER!! Most people think I’m nuts lol
I’m live in a city an hour away from a Toronto and we get 5 feet of snow. Snow gets intense here lol
some of my most creative fantasies involve walking through 3 feet of snow...either before or after. Is that weird? I blame it on Conrad Aiken's Silent Snow Secret Snow. Dam those short story writers! I was a very impressionable Youth (said like Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinnie.) Always great to hear you talk about Production. Thanks Hal.
Hiiii. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Hal says at 1:13 that when shooting that it wasn't like it was winter..I DISAGREE!! there are a lot of episodes that used winter in the scenes..such as 1-16 Michael and David are building a snowman and later go ice skating outdoors with David's son. In epi-1-19 Brian takes Michael to go bow on the street and Michael says "come its cold" In epi 3-07 Ted wipes the snow off of Brian's windshield. In epi 3-11 Michael says to Ben (talking about Hunter) "Hes probably warmer than we are,I bet some rich sugar daddy has him wrapped in a cashmere comforter"..Later in that same epi Ben finds Hunter on the street and tries to give him a down coat to wear. In 5-11 at the vigil you can see its very cold, you can see everyone's breath, they have mittens on,scarves etc..My point is that a lot of the epis used the cold for that episode..now in the beginning of seasons 1 and 2 you can see that they were shot in the spring or summer such as 1-04..Justin is running away from his mother..or in season 2 epi 2-03 or pride in 2-04..
Was there shrinkage involved?
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Why did you shot in Canada?????
Hi Hal! Did the scrips give you a wider understanding or surprised you in any way of the issues the LGBT community face and still face today ?
Can't imagine walking in snow with almost nothing on. I can't even walk in snow with snow boot on. LOL
But then again, I'm probably alike or worse than your gf about this. Well, let's see.... it's 1AM and 82F right now. *sweat*
Omg your from lab rats I was so sad at at the end of that show what happend to everyone😁
Lived College and Spadina area. A few blocks from Kensington Market. Toronto is a wonderful city to live in and so much to see and do.
I used to actually work a few blocks up from where you used to shoot on Church St. I was up towards Bloor.
Am now a West coast girl and must say...I do not miss the snow. Lived with it for almost 30 years. Now enjoy the Okanagan weather.
Glad you enjoyed TO.