Movie Directors the Next Terrorism Threat -- DEBUNKED

When trying to enter through customs, one ought to be careful about how you describe your job...

Director Mike Figgis spent longer at LAX airport than intended. He'd arrived in Los Angeles, along with half the acting and directing world, for what is known as 'pilot season', when the big studios try out new scripts, directors and actors in a two-week frenzy of auditions and career make-or-breaks. When Figgis was being grilled by airport immigration, he was asked the purpose of his visit. Unthinking and tired after a long flight, Mike replied: 'I'm here to shoot a pilot.' After five hours in an interrogation cell (yes, really), he finally made it into town.

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UPDATE: Turns out this didn't happen at all. Consider it the movie plot version of going through customs. My radar is usually pretty good at ignoring the fake Homeland Security stories, but I clearly failed at this one.