Out of my 6 years of modelling this Next shoot is what I am most proud of and it was the most fun I’ve had on a job. This 1 minute clip took 2 whole weeks of work… I met the best girls and had so many laughs with them, as well as the crew. I got nicknamed ‘Bum Crack’… That about sums up my experience.  PS: The locations were not done on green screen!

BEHIND THE SCENES

Me a bit over excited with the girls and our choreographer Christian.  We’d just wrapped the scene on the Heliport over-looking London City.  The views were incredible … It was a great feeling to be up there!

Caught on camera doing our chicken dance to warm up – Oxford Street is not toasty at 5am.

These Gorgeous little girls were our Mini-me’s and I must say they were amazing dancers (they put us to shame).  My little beauty was 2nd from the right.

I think we almost caused a few crashes – Not your average early morning sighting!

Gary Shore is one super talented Director and I was lucky enough to work with him on this Wolverine II remake.  The short clip has been viewed by 250,000 people on Gary’s vimeo site – largely from comic book lovers.  We had such a laugh and I got into some very awkward positions to get these shots.  Not an average Sunday afternoon…

Hello Kitty was everywhere!!!!! I did get slightly over excited when I saw the cartoon characters I loved as a kiddie!

Rikugien Gardens was another favourite place I got to visit during my trip. As you can see from my pictures it is breathtakingly beautiful, like a little heaven on earth.

Me and my cousin Marcus in the picture booth’s in Akihabara Electric Town, Tokyo. You can personalise your pictures into a kawaii (cute) or anime style. This really is so much fun and you have about 30 seconds to do it in!!

The shopping in Japan is OMG amazing!!! (I had to buy an extra suitcase – a huge one!) Every item of clothing is individual with so much detail. My favourite places to shop were Harajuku, 109 Department store, Shibuya and Ginza. The Shibuya crossing (above) is crazy to see, baring in mind this picture was taken at a quiet time – apparently this is where our Oxford Street crossing originated from.

I visiting a buddhist Temple in Gion Kyoto, the Geisha district and Japan’s former Capital City. I did try and take a snap of a Geisha but she hobbled away from me in her wooden Geta sandals!  In this temple I felt a kind of genuine, spiritual happiness that I’ve never experienced before.  

I visited Japan for the first time in January 2011 and being half Japanese it was a very special time for me. It was an amazing to experience my own culture and learn about myself. I adored the detail and effort put into EVERYTHING in Japan, whether it was a temple roof, a shop display or a bag of sweets.

Goodbye Japan… See you in 2012 X