Audition: The Beginning of December; Michelle Metzner

I had an audition in Sherman Oaks for a short film. It's an engaging script with a lot of visuals.
The breakdown consists of a specific physical description for the character. However, the role appears in the script only in voice over (off-screen). Weird. Before the audition, I dropped off a headshot at another casting office, and managed to make it back up the 405 with a few minutes to spare before my appointment.

As I sat in my car reviewing my notes and the sides, a lady pulled up beside me in another car frantically waving her arms around. Finally, I looked over and she asked if I'm leaving the curb. I shook my head "No." I'm pretty sure this person saw me park in the first place. Besides, there was room to park a 1985 Caprice Classic behind me, and she was just in a Corolla. There was also space at a meter in front of me. Add to that the fact that I was clearly engaged in some sort of paperwork. What was she going to do...sit there for 5 minutes while I did that? She pulled up and parked at the meter. Maybe she just couldn't parallel park.

About that time, I got a call from my wife. Now that I was clearly involved in a phone conversation, what happens? Tap, tap, tap on the window. This freakin' lady again. How rude can one person be? I rolled down the window a little, and she asked if I had a quarter for the two handfuls of pennies she was holding. She couldn't feed the meter where she chose to park! I shook my head, gave her a quarter and said I didn't want the pennies.

The audition itself went well I think. Michelle was very nice, and the director and camera operator were both pleasant as well. They tried to wait a few minutes for a female to show up reading for the other role in the scene, but when that didn't happen, they brought me in. They asked if I had any questions, and I said I thought the script was pretty clear on the setup (apart from the off-screen situation that I didn't bring up). I said, "I'll just do what I have and if you have any adjustments, we can do that too." We went right into it with Michelle as the reader. It was a short scene, about 4 short lines, and it was emotionally charged.