3 The next several weeks were a blur, as they typically are on movie sets. Early morning call times with the hair, makeup and wardrobe departments followed by long shoot days which lasted late into the night. Chase was surprised how much more efficient film production was in Russia, at least with this crew. The director ran things with a military like precision, leaving little room in the schedule for down time. Most of the shoots he had done in the United States had a more party-like atmosphere, with plenty of time for canoodling with co-stars. But not this production. In fact, short of shooting one scene with Anastasia's character early on in the production, Chase hadn't seen his sexy co-star in almost two weeks. He had done his homework after their first encounter, however. Vlad had

