Audition: “Scrubs” @ Romano/Benner Casting. When my agent called with the appointment we had the usual “co-star conversation” of what to audition for and what to pass on; we discuss every situation as it comes; if it warrants a discussion. It depends on what show, what casting office, size of the role, which union, do I need the money or do I just wanna go in on it. “Scrubs” definitely a “Blue-Chip show”.
The role is that of 3 different salesmen, but in the audition they wanted it read as the same salesman. Personally, I think they are just doing that for audition purposes and will still hire three salesmen. Who knows. Who cares! It’s “Scrubs”.
I haven’t auditioned at this casting office since going to producers for “What I Like About You” on January 7th 2003. Wow, 4 years! I felt like that session went great and I’d eventually get back in again. I’ve been doing drop-offs and sending postcards ever since.
The audition was scheduled for 3:45 and it goes well except for the fact that I totally flubbed a word in the joke; I think I recovered pretty well, but still. I admittedly beat myself up over that for a little while afterwards. How does happen? You rehearse, rehearse, rehearse and then something totally different comes out of your mouth when it counts most. Oh well.
My agent asked that I call her after I was finished to let her know how it went. I left a message and she returned the call 25 minutes and it went like this:
INT – APARTMENT – DAY
Cell phone on table begins to emit the familiar “theatrical agent ringer” which is Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. Stephon picks it up and sees the SCAW logo on the screen.
Stephon:
Hey Caleigh; how are you?
Caleigh:
Great, how did it go?
Stephon:
I think it went well. I flubbed a line, but I think I recovered pretty well.
Caleigh:
Okay, good.
Stephon:
There were any producers there; just Debby, Brett and Blyth. Matt wasn’t there.
Caleigh:
Oh really?
Stephon:
Yeah, so I guess we’ll see what happens.
Caleigh:
Did they have you read it all as one character?
Stephon:
Yeah, we read the two scenes separately, but as the same character.
Caleigh:
Okay. Would you even want to do it if they hire 3 salesmen instead of one?
Stephon:
I mean…….ya know…I uh...IT’S SCRUBS! I just wanna get on the show.
Caleigh:
Good! Because you booked it!
Stephon:
What? You’re kidding. Really?
Caleigh:
YES! And they hope you wanna do it.
Stephon:
Uh yeah I wanna do it!
Caleigh:
Great! It works tomorrow...
Caleigh totally tricked me. I told her that she’s getting a callback for her performance in tricking me! Within minutes of getting off the phone with Caleigh wardrobe and production from the show starting calling for sizes etc. Yeah!!
Oh yeah, it’s all over the press that series lead Zach Braff is reportedly getting a raise to $350,000 an episode if the show returns to schedule next season. They can’t possibly afford to pay him AND me so my agent opted to book this one under a “no quote”. That’s so if another casting office or production company wants to know how much I was paid for this job; the answer is “no quote”.
Twenty minutes later one of my other agents calls with an appointment for a co-star role in a pilot. I wasn’t at home so I couldn’t see the material and tell her yes or no. My gut was saying “no, I’ll pass”, but of course I wanted to read it first. She said to just let her know in the morning.
When I got home hours later and read the material I saw that it was LL Cool J’s new CBS drama pilot entitled “The Man”. The role I was to read for was that of a cop who pulls a gun and yells commands to LL’s character. Are you kidding me? Heck yeah I’m going in on this! I’m an LL fan for real! Oops, I almost forgot that I’m working tomorrow. Hopefully I can make the appointment.
The role is that of 3 different salesmen, but in the audition they wanted it read as the same salesman. Personally, I think they are just doing that for audition purposes and will still hire three salesmen. Who knows. Who cares! It’s “Scrubs”.
I haven’t auditioned at this casting office since going to producers for “What I Like About You” on January 7th 2003. Wow, 4 years! I felt like that session went great and I’d eventually get back in again. I’ve been doing drop-offs and sending postcards ever since.
The audition was scheduled for 3:45 and it goes well except for the fact that I totally flubbed a word in the joke; I think I recovered pretty well, but still. I admittedly beat myself up over that for a little while afterwards. How does happen? You rehearse, rehearse, rehearse and then something totally different comes out of your mouth when it counts most. Oh well.
My agent asked that I call her after I was finished to let her know how it went. I left a message and she returned the call 25 minutes and it went like this:
INT – APARTMENT – DAY
Cell phone on table begins to emit the familiar “theatrical agent ringer” which is Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”. Stephon picks it up and sees the SCAW logo on the screen.
Stephon:
Hey Caleigh; how are you?
Caleigh:
Great, how did it go?
Stephon:
I think it went well. I flubbed a line, but I think I recovered pretty well.
Caleigh:
Okay, good.
Stephon:
There were any producers there; just Debby, Brett and Blyth. Matt wasn’t there.
Caleigh:
Oh really?
Stephon:
Yeah, so I guess we’ll see what happens.
Caleigh:
Did they have you read it all as one character?
Stephon:
Yeah, we read the two scenes separately, but as the same character.
Caleigh:
Okay. Would you even want to do it if they hire 3 salesmen instead of one?
Stephon:
I mean…….ya know…I uh...IT’S SCRUBS! I just wanna get on the show.
Caleigh:
Good! Because you booked it!
Stephon:
What? You’re kidding. Really?
Caleigh:
YES! And they hope you wanna do it.
Stephon:
Uh yeah I wanna do it!
Caleigh:
Great! It works tomorrow...
Caleigh totally tricked me. I told her that she’s getting a callback for her performance in tricking me! Within minutes of getting off the phone with Caleigh wardrobe and production from the show starting calling for sizes etc. Yeah!!
Oh yeah, it’s all over the press that series lead Zach Braff is reportedly getting a raise to $350,000 an episode if the show returns to schedule next season. They can’t possibly afford to pay him AND me so my agent opted to book this one under a “no quote”. That’s so if another casting office or production company wants to know how much I was paid for this job; the answer is “no quote”.
Twenty minutes later one of my other agents calls with an appointment for a co-star role in a pilot. I wasn’t at home so I couldn’t see the material and tell her yes or no. My gut was saying “no, I’ll pass”, but of course I wanted to read it first. She said to just let her know in the morning.
When I got home hours later and read the material I saw that it was LL Cool J’s new CBS drama pilot entitled “The Man”. The role I was to read for was that of a cop who pulls a gun and yells commands to LL’s character. Are you kidding me? Heck yeah I’m going in on this! I’m an LL fan for real! Oops, I almost forgot that I’m working tomorrow. Hopefully I can make the appointment.
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3 comments:
damn, just being called in @ romano/benner would have been congrats enough, but old showoff here had to go book too. work boy, i ain't mad! :)
Wow, that's great!!! A big congratulations on the Scrubs booking! You deserve it!!
Thanks you two!
Stephon
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