Cool. Congrats.
Lickie got to be in her first film last week. It's a student indy short film, but hey, it's a start. They liked her for the lead lady role, but needed someone more ethnic. The choice person they weren't sure if she could make it. 1st they told her that she was their girl. Then they called & told her that she was the 1st choice, but since the child being used as her child was dark skinned & the lead was lite-brite white, they needed to use someone darker to be more convincing. Then they called her & told her that she was back in the role as the lead's wife who was running & hiding & protecting the child from the a madman w/ a gun. A little screaming, a fews NOs & a HELP! Then she got a call saying that they really did need to go w/ a darker character & they found someone. Then they called back & said that they needed to talk to her, because they wanted to keep her number for some future projects. In the end, she went down to Baltimore anyway in case the other choice fell through. She became an extra to show that she was willing to do whatever she needed to do & she had no problem w/ the on/off/on/off again opportunity. She's now officially, "Yoga instructor sending text message"
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Welcome to my world.
I mainly go on commercial auditions, because there are more and they are more profitable. So, in general go on between 100 and 200 a year commercial as well as theatrical/film/tv stuff, depending on how much I'm in town and available. Out of those I usually get between four and ten jobs a year.
After doing this as my proffession for fifteen years, I've come to the conclusion that when I walk into a casting room, I remind them of 'somebody' and that is either good or bad. Everything else is just details.
I used to see Lewis Black in NYC at the WestBank bar where he'd do his stand-up and have always remembered him describing how he'd do auditions if he were in charge, he'd paint a line down the center of a room, get two actors at a time, one on each side of the line and have a turtle walk down the center and whichever side the turtle drifted towards, then the actor on that side of the line would get the job. That's about as scientific and thoughtful as it comes.
IF this is something she wants to get into, I'll just say that any experience is good experience, because working with a camera and being on set, there are so many things to learn, and experience is the only way to achieve that knowledge.
Give her my best and I hope she enjoyed herself.
