Filming at Sophies

Last week I ran into a teammate of mine, Slima, on Avenue A. He mentioned that there was some filming going on at Sophies. So I went to investigate. I rounded the corner on 5th Street and could see black trash bags covering the windows and a big van outside with tons of lighting equipment, carts, stands, etc. I quietly let myself into the bar, where a film crew was making a commercial for some sort of liquor called "The Knot." It was an older man they were filming, probably in his 60s, and the bar had been made to look like an old, run-down place from the 1940s. Near where I was standing there was a monitor connected to the camera so I got to see what the camera was seeing. Just behind him on the left side of their shot I could see a sliver of the Sophies pool table. I was stoked it was part of their commercial, and I was impressed they were filming it in black and white. Nobody said anything to me, even after I quietly asked someone if I could take some snaps of the scene. After about 5 minutes I left, as the AC was turned off and it was pretty stuffy in there.