Audition: McDonald's @ Jessica J.; Audition: Wendy's @ [skirts]

Fast food marathon for me today. The first was a blue collar deal with a few lines and an office I hadn't seen before. The audition was running a little behind, with my second audition scheduled within a half hour of the first. Luckily, the second was more flexible, so I made them both. The Wendy's audition was another of those in which what they intend to pull off in the spot, with special effects, stunts, etc., is somewhat difficult to fake in confines of the audition itself. I often wonder how they make the translation when they watch the tape. Some auditions in the past included such challenges as floating on the ceiling or changing pants in "the car" while holding an unattached steering wheel. I won't say which one it was, but in one audition, my scene partner had to throw a rope up, ostensibly catching it on a building, and then climb it. In improvisation, we do crazy stunts like this all the time, and it works because we don't have props. It's all in the imagination. This guy had to use an actual rope. So, when you throw it up, it comes back down on your head...kinda tough to climb. It's a funny world.