Scribblings of Robs

26 Jun 2010

Kissing Boxes

There comes a time ( or even a few times) in your life where you stop and ask yourself what the hell am I doing?

Yesterday I had a request casting for a conceptual film. They said that my character had a kind of Milla Jollovich feel about her. There is no dialogue in the film and the actors have to communicate with just their eyes and body language. Tough ask.

I really can’t wait to see the finished product. I think it is going to be awesome.

At castings we often get asked to do some strange things. I would love to see the casting reels .. we must all look like lunatics.

Back to this one. I had to do several scenes but only one with another actor. The scene is a pretty, cute, Hollywood beginning: my character falls madly in love with a guy … who has a TV for a head.

This is where the fun starts.

The guy I was casting with was given a box to put over his head. It looked like one of those boxes you would use to carry about a few wine bottles. For future reference those fit peoples heads quite well.

I had to walk up to him, it was love at first sight ( screen?) and he would take me in his arms, we would kiss passionately and my foot would pop.

The camera rolled.

I started walking towards him and only then did I notice that they had taped a picture of Milla Jovovich ( hardest surname to google in the world) to the front of the box.

This was round about where I had the moment.

I stepped outside my body, looked down at myself about to smooch the face off of a wine box doing it’s best impression of Milla and I went … What the hell am I doing?

Of course I did it and hands down one of the best castings ever. I mean life is just not as cool if you can’t say you’ve kissed a cardboard box

A pretty smart guy told me that every good job has several of those what am I doing moments and apparently it’s a good sign.

So here’s to many more