My Frustration

Just wanted to voice another frustration from yesterday's audition...

See, they were casting for 2 different things.  One was the female lead.  Now, there are many reasons why I'm not right for that.  They wanted a TALL girl.  The male lead is 6'5" so, we're talking tall.  And, of course glamorous, gorgeous and all that.  THAT is not me.

Then, they were casting "hairdressers".  But, they even said that they are to have a lot of character in their face and look as if they've lived a rough life.  THAT is not me.

So, the frustration  comes because in Nashville that is always my problem.  I'm not a supermodel, but I'm not very plain either.  So, I am in this "in between" area reserved for people like Sandra Bullock.  And, I have no chance of getting her roles.  Ya know?  I don't ever seem to get soccer mom roles either.  ugh.

I will say that the Directors don't really know what they're looking for until they see it.  I was cast in a music video at 28 years old, yet they were looking for a rough looking woman in her 40s.  Once I auditioned for a black ex-prostitute.  Sort of a modern day "woman at the well".  The best part of that is the Director called to tell me that I was his choice, but the client really wanted the cast to be diverse, so I was too white!

I shouldn't complain too much.  My agent has her work cut out for her.  I'm a 30 something white female who seems to do a great haggard 40 something or black ex-prostitute.

Music Video Audition

So, last night I received an email about an audition I was to attend today.  Lots of preparation time, right?  Music videos are really done like that.  Bam!  It's done.  They work 'em pretty quick.  I've done several and they are shot quick and out quick and gone before you know it!

The audition was for James Otto.  I haven't heard of this guy yet, but in Nashville, that's not shocking.  I was to play a "hairdresser".  Now, both my mother and sister are hairdressers by trade and I don't see anything exciting about how they dress so I assume they mean the "caricature" of one.  I dressed up sort of "Steel Magnolias" meets Flo from Mel's Diner.  Whatever!

There was no script so it was sort of a free for all.  3 of us at a time went in and first were told to pretend a cell phone was a remote and the camera was a tv and we were fighting, trying to get it to work.  Then, one of us played a woman whose hair was ruined by another salon and she was asking the other 2 for help.  They had to convince her it would be fine!!  That's it.  And, go!

You always try to lead because otherwise, some schmo will take over, mess it up and there's no way to save it.  BUT, you also don't want to be yelling over each other with everyone trying to drive.  This was somewhere in between.  One woman was a little over the top and they did ask her to chill a bit.  The Directors were there, which almost never happens.  So, it took awhile longer than usual.  But, they must know what they are looking for.  Right?

Not usually..

We'll see, won't we?