So Charna Halpern, the owner of the iO Theater, sent Ben and I on an audition for a movie on Friday. And wouldn't you know it, Ben and I actually got the f'in thing. Apparently, the part was originally written for the Sklar brothers but they dropped out; so Ben and I picked up the scraps like a couple of bottom feeding bristleworms. We auditioned Friday morning and were on set shooting by 5am on Saturday...
The movie is a romantic comedy called "One Small Hitch". Our characters are Nikkos and Stavros, two brothers with a wedding catering company. When the big shit hits the big fan during the main character's wedding planning, we step in and try to save the wedding. It was really fun and I think we did a pretty decent job. They even let us improvise a few takes. I won't know if they use any of our improvised lines until I see the movie, but it was fun to try either way!
I'd say the biggest thing I took from the whole day was surprise at the amount of people involved. I've done a few commercials, a couple of music videos and Michael Pizza has done some sketch stuff, but none of them came close to this. It's pretty intimidating to know that, if you mess up, everyone has to reset. The grips, the boom guy, the actors, the camera people; everyone.
Anyway, it was a real fun experience and I hope it turns out great! If not, let's make fun of Ben and say it was his fault!
I'm off to shoot an industrial for Phillip Morris that I was just hired for. I guess that when it rains it pours. If you feel a sudden, overwhelming desire to smoke a cigarette, I'll know that selling my soul to promote smoking was totally worth while!
-Brett "Nikkos" Elam
Great post! These are adorable! Great job. I like how you made it your own and kept true to the spirit of your blog. Nicely
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