Who has the coolest job on a movie set?
The executive producers. Their work is pretty much done by the time the shooting starts — they’ve already handled the budget, dealt with the studio, picked a director, weighed in on all the casting/crew decisions, visited potential set locations and everything else. So they stick around, like the owner of a good restaurant, in case any potential monkey wrenches arise during the filming. But here’s the catch: Screw-ups rarely happen with a good crew, capable producers and a competent director, and the executive producers don’t want to seem like they’re meddling, either. In other words, they really don’t have much to do. During my day on the “Brink” set, Brooks spent most of his time schmoozing and making cell phone calls. I’m telling you, it’s a phenomenal job. (Of course, I ended up hanging out with Brooks for a solid hour; once I found out that he was a Red Sox fan who lives in Brentwood, it was all over. He told me he had produced more than 30 TV movies, and when I asked him, “How m
