About 10 years ago I started doing extra work in movies, commercials and instructional videos. It is fun, doesn’t pay that well, not very glamorous, but always interesting. It is show biz!
For some time I had a gig once a month. I even got my husband involved. He got a print shoot that paid well and was glamorous. We were cast together in a local commercial for a tire company. We were the couple nodding while looking at a tire. That commercial played so often that my husband’s brother mentioned he was sick of seeing us on TV all the time! The last work I had was for a dental instructional video. Like I said not very glamorous, I played a woman having a tooth ache.
Timothy Hutton is in town with his series, Leverage. I watched this show and thought it was entertaining but that was before they started filming season 2 here and won’t even give me a call back. The show is a bit slick and hip and maybe middle aged people aren’t right for background, but please, why not? If Timothy’s show doesn’t get picked up for a third season I know the reason. He needed some middle age background actors for the mass appeal.
Harrison Ford is in town making a movie. My husband and I put our game faces on and went for the casting call. Between the two of us, we have had 6 call backs and 3 postponements. Again this morning in my email and on my home phone and my cell phone, were messages that I was chosen to work in the film. This afternoon I was notified once again, that some one else was cast.
Show Biz is all about rejection, and I can take it, I really can, but this is Harrison Ford! The movie has been shooting for over a month. How many more opportunities will I have to be on set with Harrison? Keep a positive thought for me, please.
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So, did you or did you not make the final cut? This may be as close as I'll ever get to knowing a movie star.
Not yet. I keep getting cut before I can even start. Harrison call me!
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