I responded to a casting call yesterday, August 7th. The notice began as follows. "I am filming a short, ten minute film entitled 'Dialing Amy.' In the film, a young girl left all alone in a hotel room, receives phone calls from a predator. Will she fall into his clutches or not? I am looking for: 1) two people to play dead bodies; 2) one eight year old girl (lead role); 3) one man to play the villain (predator); 4) one voice over."
So, counting two dead bodies, one 8-year-old girl, one villain, and one voice over there were five parts total and of the five parts, theoretically, I could be suitable for four since I could never be a vil ... I mean an 8-year-old girl.
A couple of hours after I emailed my request to audition for the film I received an email back from Lexer Kadan. She wrote, "Call me and you can audition over the phone. I am attaching the script. Thanks, Lexer."
I immediately printed out the script and read it. By the time I got to the end I realized that there were actually only two roles that I could possibly play -- the villain and the voice over.
When I called Lexer's number she answered and asked me to read the part of "Man," the villain. She read Amy's part and we went through three or four pages of dialogue before she told me I wasn't right for the part. She wanted a deeper voice.
Before hanging up, she said she would keep me on file for future films. Meanwhile, I'll be working on developing a deeper voice ... if I can figure out how!
MAYBE IF I SPEAK IN ALL CAPS? No, that's just louder.
Time to go check for more casting calls.
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