And the wait goes on...
A trip for another audition and another yet
undecided
You know it's strange. I usually am good about
just dropping the worry about whether or not I get an audition but I seem to be
tracking this one more than usual. Perhaps it was the investment of time and
money in the callback or, maybe, its just because I am writing about it. In any
case, I drove down to Wilmington today to read for Evan Almighty. The role of
The Mailman, while not large, is a cute one line joke about seeing Steve Carrell
naked and I love his work so... to work with him it's worth a trip down. The
read, which we did twice, went well. One of the many many faces they'll see on
recordings for that role. You just walk away and hope they see something they
like. As I walked in to say hello to Craig Fincannon he remarked, "weren't you
just cast in something?" "Oh, please," I replied, "let that be what I'm going to
hear this afternoon." After we did the read, Craig stepped into his office to
call Mark in Louisiana to see if a decision had been made. Not at that point
but.... something odd had happened. A recording of my callback along with that
of another actor reading for the same role had been posted to the web as the
final candidates. Surprisingly, Philip from a prior entry was not the other
contender but instead was an actor from Oklahoma City. My video, however, was
labeled with the other guys name and his with mine... thus creating mayhem among
those deciding. Mark was going to have to go back and repost the auditions with
the proper labels before a final decision could be made by the powers-that-be.
So, here at 9:45PM EST there is still no word and I do not know if that is good
or bad. Craig said to call in the morning if I hear nothing tonite and they
would be able to tell me what decision was
made.
On a more personal note, the
timing of this audition was a blessing as my father was admitted to New Hanover
Heart Center yesterday for fibrillation or an aortic valve problem. They
decided to rush into a heart catheterization as there seemed to be a serious
issue there. I am glad that I can be here to be with my family at this time.
I'll stay till he's out of the heart cath tomorrow and we know what is going
on.. then I will, barring any serious complications, leave to be back in time
for tomorrow night's class at The Actors' Place. I'll post what news I get
tomorrow morning from Ruffian. Sleep well.
Posted: Mon - March 13, 2006 at 09:49 PM