South Eastern Regional College (SERC) Hairdressing students recently had the honour of working on set for the upcoming Universal Picture fantasy comedy, "Your Highness" which was filmed in the Clandeboye Estate. The girls spent seven days on set, working as film crew doing the hair of over 120 cast members and extras.
Your Highness, which is due for release in the spring of 2010, is directed David Gordon Green who was the director for 2008 hit comedy Pineapple Express. The students rubbed shoulders with cast members Natalie Portman, who acted in films such as Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Mr Magorian’s Wonder Emporium and James Franco who is best known for his lead roll as the New Green Goblin in Spider-Man 3, where he starred alongside Toby Maguire.
Hairdressing student Sarah McCoubrie had this to say about her time working on set, "It was great to be part of the film crew for Your Highness, we were all very excited about working on the set of a Universal Film, and we felt like we were in Hollywood.
"It gave me a great insight to the different opportunities available within Hairdressing and the links it can have to other industries. I would definitely like to work on a film set again when I finish my course with SERC.”