One of them was for a casino. I've auditioned probably 20 or more times for casino commercials and only made it into one. But this one was a step above the typical MOS (without sound) b-roll of groups of people throwing dice, dining and dancing. This was a host/narrator role. And I've got a nice, slick suit and look for that. I took the time to memorize the lines, which was fortunate since they had me do a read without my glasses.
The other was a tourism spot. I read the breakdown and I was your basic husband. They wanted some humor and stuff, too, but I was told we'd be given a line or two at the audition. That's all I knew. Only at the audition the casting director was talking about the scenario and the lines and I had that weird feeling like I just came in on the middle of the conversation. I had to ask a lot of questions to figure out what the scenario was.
It was only when I got home and looked again at the email that I saw the little tiny link at the bottom of the breakdown with the script. That would have been super-helpful.
Naturally, it was the second one that called to check my availability for a shoot. Weird how that happens.
I'm not holding my breath. "Check avail" is a long way from "hold" which is a ways away from "booked."
But at least I made something out of a meager week.
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