The production team felt I had a strong enough resemblance to Lindbergh with one fault; my hair was not long enough. This gave birth to Jerry, a curly, fun loving wig that covers the area equivalent to the frontal cortex. Once in place Jerry was air brushed along with the rest of my hair to blend in. Others on the set became jealous of all the attention Jerry received but having prepared to play a world wide celebrity I was well equipped to bring everyone together to keep the project going.

In the television world the scenes we filmed are called recreations or again to be hip, recre's. In this production the dialogue was unscripted and in the finished product voice-overs will primarily be used to convey the story. This meant I didn't have to spend a tremendous amount or any effort rehearsing. There are limited resources that give insight into Lindbergh's physical movements and characteristics but I assure you what you will see in the program is exactly how Lindbergh would have done it.

We moved our filming from Florida to Washington, DC where we shot the kidnapping related scenes. Unfortunately, Mother Nature left her warm embrace in Florida and we were greeted in Washington with an outside shoot, a temperature of 15 degrees and a further disabling wind-chill of around 0. During the shoot I was often reminded to put my shoulders down and not look so cold. I day dreamed that one day there will be an Oscar for the Best Lead Performance in a horrible-weather-environment. It would probably be one of the categories that is awarded several days before the actual gala but I would still be happy, since I would win.

In mentioning acting accolades I am reminded of the most rewarding aspect of my performance, ironically it came off-camera. Stefan, the lead cameraman was German. He worked with great precision, focusing on every aspect of the shot. I didn't see him laugh or smile that often.

I was standing in position for quite a while as Stefan and the production team worked on creating the right lighting for the shots. As background; a stand-in often times is a different person than the actor playing the role but for this production the actors helped out with this part. At one point Stefan walked by and said thank you for all you work, we'll be ready in a few minutes. I thought it was nice that he thanked me. I remarked to him that I was acting like a stand-in acting like me acting as Lindbergh which was three levels of acting and I hope he appreciated the performance. Then in what seemed to be slow motion, he smiled and laughed, but then just as quickly, time went back to normal and we were back into perfecting the lighting. I secretly set the goal of getting him to laugh and in a much smaller scale, like Lindbergh, I pulled it off!