Caroline Has An Audition: Part One
Me: So tell me about your audition…
Caroline: It was amazing…its for this tv pilot about the modeling world and…he wants me to read for the lead character Roxy, she’s one of the agents, and she’s like balls-to-the-wall devil bitch and we don’t know why till we find out she was raped, so it’s a really meaty role…the writer is really the producer, so he sat me down…I got it on craigslist.
Me: What makes this audition good?
Caroline: Okay, well, number one: it’s really rare to go in and meeet with the producer, you usually meet with the casting director, so that right there puts it above normal auditions…
Me: Is this, like, really uncomfortable? (my filming)
Caroline: No, are you kidding me? I’m like, uh, PLEASE take my picture? And he also wrote it, and we sat down…and he told me about the script and everything…and then he said, well, let me tell you, as soon as I met you I thought you were a really nice person..but as we started talking I could also tell there is some trauma in your soul, and, uh, you have a lot of depth, which is why I’d like to consider you for all three roles…and I’m really, REALLY….he wanted to cast me right then and there..
Me: Will it make you SAG? Will it pay?
Caroline: Yes.
Me: Okay, hold on, I’m going to think good thoughts right now. I think there is magic happening with people right now…Do you have a lighter?
Caroline: Sure, right here. I mean, I was literally, oh, god, I’ll go on the audition ‘cause I know it will make me feel good…and it was the best audition I ever had…it was fabulous. The producer said, your great. Usually your…I’m mean, he actually saw me. Like I was a person. Usually they don’t take the time to actually SEE you.
Me: You know whats funny? I see you all the time…but seeing you like this…this is the first time I really see the “actress”…I always knew it was there…but seeing you all dressed up, y’know, and in excited mode.
Caroline: It was such a freaking….a REAL audition. A big real audition. I didn’t read anything. He just wanted to get a feel for me as a person. Which is what I want. Which is what I’m selling. Now I just gotta do a really good reading…it’s honestly just so refreshing, to have someone be, your great…instead of your terrible, or your not right…to just be reminded…it made me feeel like…wow…I have to stick with this.
