got the gig and the nod!

The first SVU I was on showed up on the season premiere. I see me for a brief second standing by as a crime scene on-looker in the beginning sequence.

Beyond thrilled. I looked good. The next one is where I appear as one of the jury. Yay!

Got word finally from the potential voiceover gig. Got it! It's been given the nod from the client, so we meet to do the taping. I am beyond thrilled. Yayyyy!

Had fun on SVU

I had no idea SVU had a studio out in Jersey. But SVU had transportation to pick us up from Manhattan to Jersey and back both days.

I played a juror and got to see the infamous precient set, the jail cell, and of course sit in the courtroom for a scene that included actress Christine Lahti as an attorney and actor Scott Foley (of "Felicity" fame and played Elliot's seal loving boyfriend on the "Scrubs" show). I also saw briefly yesterday Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni who were chatting with crew and fellow actors on set. It was great to see them however brief. They were not in the courtroom scene with us though.

The food was good, we had regular access to fresh coffee, water, soda and snacks. We weren't there from early dawn to late night either for either day. Call time was afternoon, and we were all home well before midnight. It was overall a relaxed easy going gig.

I did get to see a couple of people I deal with. Not too many came through GW though, they came through some other extra casting agency. I am grateful I came through the way I did.

Already put in for other gigs next week. Seems things are starting to pick up. *fingers crossed*

Agog

Got a two day gig. For Law & Order: SVU. I will be playing a juror.

THRILLED is an understatement.

SVU

It was a night scene - this is where I stood, for the 'crime scene onlooker' gig I had for SVU.

This was the holding area.

Here is the group of us, getting ready to go to set.

Sweet gig! In at 8 pm, shot scene several times, which involved the coroner carrying out what looked like a small baby or piece of a person in a small black body bag...with the 'hysterical blonde mom" being escorted out by a cop, apparently arrested, and I was one of the onlookers. The surprise was seeing an actor from Prison Break playing apparently a cop. Still with the buzz cut. He got acknowledgement from some onlookers who were non-background, cheering him on, which was funny. He smiled.

Meanwhile, lunch was at 10 - 10:30 -- not a walkaway but a hot meal of chicken, beef and fish, rice, baked potatoes and cheese ravioli, fresh salad and many fixings and some fantastic desserts along with water, tea and lemonade and then after 11 pm, some of us headed back to set. We were wrapped at midnight. I was able to take the bus back, pick up a celebratory salty chip bag, and headed home, unwinding for the night.

Huzzah!

Just got called for a gig on Law & Order SVU. I play an onlooker at a crime scene. No lines, just background. woo-hoo-ee!

Have to pass on another audition but have two on Saturday, one of which is an open call.

Am waiting to hear on the Hellman's Commercial audition.

Busy week for me. :-)

A strange thing occurred the other day -- the usual "who's available tomorrow" casting was sent out by Central, stating something new with it, that one had to be in good standing with ALL PRODUCTION and Central. I found that intriguing -- and wrote back stating yes, I am available and how could I find out what my standing was? Is it in a database one could view?

I didn't get a response, and I know it's most likely a general shoutout from them to all of us BG'ers, but it was still a bit unnerving. Like, really, how do we find out for sure? There can be so many factors -- a junior PA may decide not to like you, or you sucked in your teeth as force of habit and someone took it as a disrespect, or you were somehow looking at someone funny, I mean, I don't know, short of telling off a PA I don't see how one can get kicked off. I've never done any of those things, so I am assuring myself I am safe. But honestly, is it a scare tactic? Aren't they electronically sophisticated enough to bar those from their submission system and send them a notation that they are no longer part of the casting system?

I guess maybe they don't to avoid getting sued, but honestly, they let you know from the beginning that if anything goes wrong, they have the right to bar you for life from being in their casting pool. So I just want to make sure, since the factors and variables can be so great and so little, that I'm not wasting anybody's time by submitting for BG roles through them. As far as I can tell, I'm still in their system and getting alerts, so I think I'm good.

missed a call for SVU - darn!

Of course the call comes in after I decide I'm going to take a shower. I had the phones with me the past several days, waiting for a call and submitting like mad. Of course, I'm in the shower, just soaping up, when I hear a banging on the bathroom door and my cousin comes in all flustered and apologetic, with my phone beeping that I got a voicemessage.

I was in the shower, the phone is not exactly waterproof. So I had to rinse the soap out of my face and hands and turn off the water and wrap a towel around me, soapy and all and rush to hear the message.

I took down the phone number and called. The CD picked up, and I identified myself and the gig he just called me about. Wouldn't you know -- in those three precious minutes, the job was filled. OUCH! Lucky I didn't break a leg trying to get to this message.

Staying calm, I thanked the CD nicely and we hung up.

Guess it wasn't meant to be. How else to explain the timing? Sigh.

Thus another feature of the life of a BG actor.