Audition downer
A couple of weeks ago, I went to an audition. A week or so later, I got a call to come back and see the director, which I did. However, since we’re now past the date production was supposed to start, I guess I didn’t get it, since they didn’t call me.
Which kind of sucks, since it was a real movie, namely The Air I Breathe, an American independent movie with stars like Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Diego Luna and Ken Watanabe. I can’t imagine the amount of blogger cred I would have gotten from being in a movie with Buffy. I auditioned for a speaking role, that of a gangster/bodyguard (what, me typecast?), in the “Pleasure” chapter of the movie. The director, Jieho Lee, was nice, although he was mostly concerned about whether or not I could grow a beard. When I told him I didn’t have much facial hair, he seemed disappointed. In retrospect, that might have been why I didn’t get the role.
Oh well, on Monday I’m going to be an unpaid extra in a Mexican independent movie. At least I get a credit, and some food.