I received a call from this casting office on Monday for the audition on Wednesday. After I got the call time and had a chance to reflect, I could not figure out how my headshot landed on their desk. I haven't really submitted to any soaps, but I'm certainly not complaining about the opportunity.
The role was a courtroom guard, a bailiff basically. If you've ever seen an episode of this show, you'll understand why I was playing the humor. The audition was on the CBS Radford lot, which is a nice small studio 5 minutes from our apartment. I got there a bit early to sign in and asked the casting assistant if she had any idea how they found me. She said Jackie keeps great files. Fair enough. After a few minutes of waiting, the girl who was in the room auditioning came out. It was Sarah Loew who was also in the In Demand Showcase I did a few months ago. That's when it clicked for me. Jackie or someone from Jackie's office must've seen the showcase. Sure enough, when I entered the room, she mentioned picking up my headshot in September and I saw it was my half-hour shot, which was the one I used in the packages. The read went great and I was on my way.
Afterward, Sarah and I went up to visit our commercial agents at KSA who are right around the corner. The girls all got into some bonding over their pole dancing exercise class. I guess it's Jazzercise for the 2000's. From there, I went to run a casting session for a friend in Hollywood. They were seeing a bunch of kids for a graduate student thesis project. There were some very talented, funny and interesting young actors. I was impressed!
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