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Designing a ‘Five-0’ extra

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This week the world famous Comic-Con opens in San Diego and even though our “Hawaii Five-0” cast will not be attending this year, it is interesting that the Monday, June 27 summer rerun will be “Na Me‘e Lāua Na Paio” or what ‘Five-0’ fans call the “Comic-Con” episode. Actually the “Hawaii Five-0” writers made up a comic book convention for that episode and called it “Spectacucon.” They literally had the Hawaii Convention Center decked out in Spectacucon branding complete with ID tags on their costumed participants and eco-friendly convention bags.

Lisa Woo on the escalator in "Na Me‘e Lāua Na Paio" —CBS photo
Lisa Woo in her ‘Five-0’ costume for "Na Me‘e Lāua Na Paio" —Photo by Lisa Woo

But most everyone in the ‘Five-0’ Hawaii-based Twitterverse (translation: people who follow each other on the Twitter universe) wanted to see the scene with McG and Danno heading up the escalator of the convention center, discussing their case, as costumed conventioneers head down the opposite way. Then they look over at a spectacular diva girl in a black and magenta costume, and Danno sees a guy in a dog costume behind her and says, brilliantly, “What’s up, Dawg?” Watch for that scene when the rebroadcast airs next week. Pay attention to the diva in the costume. Because she is played by our ‘Five-0’ Twitter friend Lisa Woo, who also designed and created the costume she wore on the episode.

Lisa Woo and Wendie Burbridge at the "Hawaii Five-0" Tweet-up at Big City Diner —Photo by FL Morris / fmorris@staradvertiser.com
Lisa Woo in her own hair and make-up design for "Na Me‘e Lāua Na Paio" —Photo by Lisa Woo

15 responses to “Designing a ‘Five-0’ extra”

  1. Anonymous says:

    Wendie,
    Great post with super photos of Lisa Woo and her experience being a super extra and super fan on the set. You add the local connection that adds so much to my enjoyment of the series. All of your recent posts about the extras stress the hours of standing around the waiting to do something. That actually would be tough to do, despite being able to see how a show is filmed. Thank you for the insights.
    Paul
     

  2. Anonymous says:

    Wendie,
    Great post with super photos of Lisa Woo and her experience being a super extra and super fan on the set. You add the local connection that adds so much to my enjoyment of the series. All of your recent posts about the extras stress the hours of standing around the waiting to do something. That actually would be tough to do, despite being able to see how a show is filmed. Thank you for the insights.
    Paul
     

  3. Anonymous says:

    lisalisa you are a super fan!  great write up and terrific pics wendie – way to keep us all hooked till september!   great job and lisa nice costumes- your very talented ninja girl!

  4. Great post, Wendie! And Lisa, you are super talented! The designs in these pictures are fabulous! 🙂

  5. Great post, Wendie! And Lisa, you are super talented! The designs in these pictures are fabulous! 🙂

  6. Lisa has a great deal of talent.  I think it’s so cool that H50 is willing to showcase the local talent outside of actors.  So kudos to H50!

  7. Can’t believe I forgot to mention that all the pictures are fantastic.  The one with Alex and Lisa is cute. 

  8. H50Germany says:

    Awesome article, great pics! Thanks for sharing these with us. You go, girls. Keep up the tremendous work! 

  9. Wendie! Really enjoyed this article! Lisa – Congrats on your 5-0 experience and your awesome designs! Thanks for giving us fans another behind-the-scenes look at the best show on TV! 

  10. Mahalo Wendie for writing about our favorite #NightNinja Lisa. She’s a big celeb on twitter. We love to hear about her bts info and by chance meetings with Alex. I am looking forward to seeing her again in the rebroadcast of Na Me‘e Lāua Na Paio next week.

  11. johnrdew says:

    I HAVEN’T A CLUE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT!

  12. Kristin Oole says:

    Awesome post, it’s intresting to hear how everything is done from a behind the scenes POV. Congrats to Lisa as well. Hope to see her and her designs in season 2.

  13. Terry FiveOs says:

    Great piece and very informative!

  14. great article Wendie on Lisa Woo, the designer that made her own costume, and got a part on the 5-0 show. Congrats !!!

  15. great article Wendie on Lisa Woo, the designer that made her own costume, and got a part on the 5-0 show. Congrats !!!

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