The show is filming at the classic "Roadhouse" location tonight, the Fall City Inn. Earlier they were reported to be shooting some material with the Twin Peaks PD. No word on which returnees may have been on the scene.

 

Meanwhile, here's another look at the new Twede's/Double R Diner:

 

 

According to locals, though management had pledged to leave the renovation as is, Twede's has already begun putting its gaudy "Tweety bird" decorations back up and is now considering removing the new drapes and making other changes. Feel free to tell them to leave it the way it is on their Facebook!

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Not shooting-related, but here's Piper Laurie from her autobiography, on Mr. Tojamura, one of my favorite and least politically correct twists which probably would not fly today. It's just so insane and I love it:

 

 

There was one creative outlet that relieved some of the pressure. With the help of the makeup and wardrobe departments, I would dress in elaborate disguises, a hobby that would become valuable decades later when I made Twin Peaks. I went home one day done up as an Asian girl and for about five minutes fooled Edna, our housekeeper. She wouldn’t let me into the house.

 

(…) After we wrapped up the first season, David called me at home and said, in his Jimmy Stewart drawl, “Rosie, I want you to give some thought to the next season. Your character was last seen at the fire in the sawmill. We don’t know whether Catherine escaped or not. When we come back, I want the audience to think you died in the fire. Your husband, Jack Nance, will think you’re dead. Everyone will think you’re dead, and we’ll take your name off the credits of the show.” It crossed my mind for a millisecond that this was David’s original way of telling me I was being fired. But he continued, “Now, Rosie, this is the part I want you to think about. You will return in some sort of disguise, as a man, and you’ll spy on the town and create trouble for everyone -your husband, your lover, everyone. You should probably be a businessman. I want you to decide what kind of businessman you would like to be. Maybe a Frenchman or a Mexican. Think about it for a while and let me know.”

 

I was so enchanted with the open possibilities and the power of being able to choose my part. (…) I decided I’d be a Japanese businessman because I thought it would be less predictable. I was so filled with excitement and laughter: this was joyful children’s play. There was no argument from David when I told him my choice, no attempt to influence me. He simply accepted it. Then came the hard part. David wished me to keep it a secret from the entire cast and crew. Not even my agent or my family was to know. That was important to him. I wasn’t to tell a soul.

 

There was so much preparation involved in pulling off the subterfuge. There were secret makeup and wardrobe tests at a laboratory in the Valley. Paula Shimatsu-u, who was Mark Frost’s assistant and one of the few people who knew, was helpful in making tape recordings of Japanese friends reciting my lines. I practiced imitating them while driving to and from work. I had assumed that, of course, the placement of my voice would be electronically altered, but they had given it no thought and were not prepared on the morning of my first scene. I am trained to keep going no matter what, and when I realized I was on my own, I ended up going to a place in my chest and throat to get that appropriate guttural sound. It turned out to be painful to sustain, and I sipped liquids constantly between takes. I shall never do that again for fear of injuring my voice permanently.

 

I’ve skipped the enchanting part. Paula Shimatsu also dealt with the press and released a bio about “the new cast member”: “Fumio Yamaguchi, the Japanese star who works primarily with Kurosawa, has flown over especially to work with David Lynch. His English is a little shaky; therefore he needs an interpreter and learns his lines phonetically.”

 

The cast, crew, and all guest directors knew nothing; nor did my family. My name came off the credits, and Fumio Yamaguchi’s was put on. Because I wouldn’t talk about it when asked, my poor sister assumed I’d been fired. Sherrye was so upset that she started having asthma attacks, and I had to take her into my confidence.

 

I was introduced to Paula’s brother Derick, whom I hired to act as a much-needed personal assistant, and whom David later hired to appear on camera as “Fumio’s” assistant in the show. Derick would pick me up at three in the morning in Santa Monica and drive me to the special makeup lab way out in the valley, about twenty minutes from our studio. There I would spend four hours being made up and dressed for my new identity. From the moment the studio van arrived for me, I was Fumio Yamaguchi. The driver, whom I knew personally, had no idea whom he was picking up. When the long day was over, I would be driven back to the lab and spend at least an hour and a half removing the prosthetics before Derick drove me home. Wisely, they never scheduled consecutive days for me. I needed at least three days for my face to heal until the next time the prosthetics were glued on.

 

The enchantment continued for me, thought certainly not for the guest directors, who were not told what was up and had their hands full. I was flying! I constantly improvised conversations with Derick, my so-called assistant-interpreter on the set; I spoke fake Japanese in a very low voice, and Derick responded in real Japanese. Every time the poor director directed me, I caused a five-minute delay while my assistant and I thrashed things out. I would instruct Derick to say to the director, on my behalf, things such as “This is not the way Kurosawa works!” When it appeared that the director was about to quit or have a stroke, he would be given a heads-up, quietly. But even then he didn’t know who I was. This was my life’s Harpo moment! And I did not deny myself.

 

The regular cast on the set bought the act at first. They were a little intimidated initially by the strange foreigner and were told to be very respectful to me. Jack Nance, the innocent, who played my husband on the show, went to David and Mark at the end of the first day and said, “Boy … is that new actor weird!”

 

I learned that suppressing laughter all day long while I stayed in character was actually physically difficult. Even if I went to a private place like the bathroom (I had a locked private one next to some offices), I could crack and ruin the makeup by laughing. So I stayed controlled, and I was too tired when I got home to whoop and holler in the wee hours.

 

When the cast got used to me being around, they looked a little more closely and could see I was wearing very heavy makeup. Later most of the actors said they knew something was up, but they never revealed that in front of me. And no one suspected “Fumio” was me. I heard that Peggy Lipton was convinced I was Isabella Rossellini. Jack Nance and I had a number of important scenes together, but he didn’t know it was me until weeks later, when he read the “reveal” scene in his script.

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That was a great read. Thanks, Vee!

That was indeed great. That must have been such hilarious fun. You can't see that happening on any other show.

Very sad news: It hasn't made major media yet, but Catherine E. Coulson (The Log Lady) has passed away.

I don't know if she filmed for the new show yet, I hope so but I suspect not. I know she was slated to. Catherine Coulson was a close personal friend of David Lynch for over 40 years, going back to his first films and Eraserhead. Together, Lynch and Coulson created the seed of the "Log Girl (later Lady)" during the long, piecemeal filming of Eraserhead in the '70s. She was also married to the late Jack Nance (Pete Martell).

 

This is pretty crushing for any TP fan, especially those of us who have seen her be one of the show's most relentlessly enthusiastic ambassadors for 25 years. RIP.

Sad news, indeed.  I was looking forward to seeing the Log Lady.  RIP

There is a rumor floating around that she filmed a scene with fellow longtime Lynch associate Charlotte Stewart (Betty Briggs) and Michael Horse (Deputy Hawk), but no one seems to know if that's true yet.

 

Catherine Coulson was a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She held onto the original log for 25 years, carefully preserving it, keeping it clean and dry just in case. I believe she regularly brought it to fan events. I hope she got to perform with it one last time.

 

Zap2it has this:

 

 

“Today I lost one of my dearest friends, Catherine Coulson,” David Lynch tells zap2it in a statement via Coulson’s rep. “Catherine was solid gold. She was always there for her friends — she was filled with love for all people — for her family — for her work. She was a tireless worker. She had a great sense of humor — she loved to laugh and make people laugh. She was a spiritual person — a longtime TM meditator. She was the Log Lady.”

 

Variety is reporting it was cancer.

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I had fun with her not long ago at USC twin peaks night Am so sorry to lose this adorable human being https://t.co/fxARAxYnuC

— Peggy Lipton (@mspeggylipton)

September 29, 2015

 

We love you #CatherineCoulson #LogLady4ever http://t.co/FOU91sa94f pic.twitter.com/dpkejmgTTn

— Mädchen Amick (@madchenamick)

September 29, 2015

 

🌲😪 #twinpeaks

— Mark Frost (@mfrost11)

September 29, 2015

 

From the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 

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God [!@#$%^&*] dammit. This is horrible.

It's hard to think of anyone who better exemplified the heart and the soul of #TwinPeaks than Catherine Coulson. RIP.

— HarleyPeyton (@HarleyPeyton)

September 29, 2015

RIP Catherine Coulson. She was a mystic, an artist & a friend. She gave me motherly and sage advice. I will miss you. pic.twitter.com/eHfMNZpnGW

— Travis Blue (@travisblue)

September 28, 2015

RIP Catherine Coulson. Such a beautiful soul. 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/6ciP8WLKsj

— Travis Blue (@travisblue)

September 28, 2015

So sad to hear of the passing of our beloved #CatherineCoulson Honored to have worked with her. #LogLady4ever 🌲🌲 https://t.co/EyA798yBRJ

— Robyn Lively (@robyn_lively)

September 29, 2015

On ERASERHEAD Catherine Coulson Created Henry's Hairstyle Loaded Film Pulled Focus Boom Op & Cooked All Meals. pic.twitter.com/oRZGvsjODM

— WILL McCRABB (@mccrabb_will)

September 29, 2015

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Jennifer Lynch:

 

Very sad to hear that Catherine E. Coulson passed away today. That was one hell of a spectacular woman. I’m grateful to have been a part of her life.

Terrible news, more for those close to her than for a mere fan like me, but she was a superb actress. She made those little intros at the start of each episode that were apparently only put in for syndication seem so vivid, I can't imagine the show without them. I also remember her performance in FWWM - one scene, but a spellbinding one.

 

The show must go on, as I'm sure she would have wanted, but it can never be the same. 

To me the loss is somewhat comparable to Elisabeth Sladen and DW - Catherine Coulson was a tireless and enthusiastic ambassador for TP even in its bleakest years in the mid-late '90s, and forged relationships with a lot of its tight-knit longtime fanbase throughout the decades. The loss is not only to the production and Lynch, and the cast and crew, but to a lot of those people who came to know her over time. She's a piece of the heart of the show that you take for granted will always be there, and you don't quite know what to do when it's not. She was also a jack of many trades - in addition to all her work on films like Eraserhead, she was even 1st assistant camera on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

 

Lynch wrote and shot all of those intros for syndication himself. I hope they're not the last we see of Margaret, and that the rumors are true that she was able to film at least one scene, but we don't know as yet. I know they are supposedly slated to be filming behind closed doors at the Sheriff Station and other locations this week, but I wouldn't be surprised if filming halted briefly. It's just very, very sad. I'm sure however they choose to handle it onscreen will be classy, and probably, appropriately, full of mystery.

 

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Bless them both. #twinpeaks https://t.co/TvrmmpOBVa

— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan)

September 29, 2015