SUNDRE, Alta. – Natallie Gamble had no challenge in taking on the role of an indebted single mother who runs in oil in the pilot of a new television series called “Pipe Nation”.
“It’s me. I’m “Pipe Nation,” he said with a laugh Monday in an interview with The Canadian Press in Sundre, Alberta, a picturesque oil town near the Rocky Mountains.
“I’ve been working in the oil and fuel industry for about six years. I took a break when the crisis happened and did a little service, a bit of a bartender, but I went back to oil and fuel,” Gamble added. , who is 24 years old.
“My father, grandfather and great-grandfather worked in the oil and fuel industry.”
Sundre is ready for Hardwell’s fictional community. The drama will focus on the daily difficulties faced by staff, with Gamble’s character as the leader of a pipe band: the staff who position and line the pipe, preparing her to weld. In genuine life, Gamble has had several jobs in the industry, in addition to welding.
But this is his first role since college.
“I wanted to be an actress because I have the idea that pretending to be someone and falling into a character was a great laugh and being someone else,” he said.
“Unfortunately, this is the direction I’ve taken so far, when I had this wonderful opportunity to realize my dream as a child.”
Filmmaker and director Raoul Bhatt says he sought a combination of professional actors and amateurs on set, and is not involved in the lack of delight of some of his cast members. He sees it as an asset for the project.
“I needed it to be believable and I needed someone with safe language, confident courage, combined with other people who have acting experience,” Bhatt said, adding that 480 other people showed up at the casting. “I looked for someone who was credible, honest, honest and who lived in the moment.”
Bhatt, who grew up in Edmonton, has a comfortable place for the energy industry and says the exhibit is to highlight people’s colorful nature.
“They are just lovely people and it seems that beyond the Dow Jones, beyond the oil and fuel figures, the human struggle, the situations and the overcoming of the adversity and determination of those characters, that’s the purpose of the series,” he said. .
Bhatt, a self-funding software engineer for the pilot, worked as a director of photography and manufacturer for the Daytime Emmys, as well as for Universal Studios’ “Jurassic World” and a series of music videos.
He understands that there are many other people who are not enthusiastic about the oil and fuel industry.
“We are looking for professionals, once again, it is up to the viewer to decide. If you object to the oil and fuel industry, that’s your opinion, but I hope it creates an emotional connection with the characters. “
The pilot’s filming will end until the end of August. Bhatt said he was in negotiations with some broadcasts for a 10-episode season.
A garage lot for oil tankers in Sundre is one of the normal sets. In the load, Sundre’s farmland has been cleared so that the actual structure of a mini pipe is loaded into the program’s realism.
Bhatt has no shortage of technical advisors. Gin Ford, who plays dee’s character, has been a pipe welder for more than 10 years. She doesn’t like acting, but intends to use the exhibit as a vehicle for the empowerment of women and women in the energy industry.
“I’m not here for fame or recognition. I’m here to give women a voice in trades. Now it’s time for me to be a voice,” Ford said.
“I’ve been called Pipeline Princess and it’s like, you can travel in it and in a smart way is ‘is this woman here to work?'” she said.
“I have to emphasize that you can look like what you need and that you can still paint in a male-dominated industry. It doesn’t matter if you have your nails, eyelashes, hair or Barbie’s symbol.”
Ford stated that the exhibition was intended to be rude, but that it was not an exhibition of truth or a documentary.
“I’m not going to lie. My mom will probably tell me to wash my mouth with soap,” Ford said, noting that her character is tough, confident and helps maintain speed with the boys.
Mike Vickers plays Ryan, an East Coaster who moved to Alberta to make his fortune in the oil industry. Art mimics that of Vickers who moved to Alberta from Cape Breton.
“When I read the script, it was my life. I fell in love with that. It’s going to show that genuine grain of oil and gas, the struggles we all face and how we succeed over them in combination as a family,” Vickers said.
“There are so many opportunities for the symbol of this industry and that’s how we all come together, that’s how we’re going to do this and tell this story.”
Filming in Sundre is expected to end on August 24 and end in Nisku, south of Edmonton, until the end of the month.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on August 18, 2020
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