My Life on Beverly Blvd…
EXT. BEVERLY HILLS
SIDEWALK – AFTERNOON
Stephon Fuller,
African-American, in his xx’s.
He’s an actor in Hollywood out “making the rounds” dropping off photos
to commercial casting offices…something even he himself believe is just barely
above being a complete waste of time.
So far, things aren’t
going well, but he remembers one time, long ago, when this very same practice
of dropping photos led him to booking a job that shot in Tokyo, Japan.
He is looking for that
same magic again.
It’s a cloudy afternoon
with a slight drizzle as Stephon walks down the sidewalk to his next
location. To his right, in the
crosswalk, there is a Hispanic woman carrying one child with 3 more in
tow. I paused as we met on the
sidewalk and let the mom and the cute brood go up the stairs in front of me.
It was then that I noticed
something about the oldest boy…oldest as in maybe 9 or 10. I looked at him again and turned away
really quick. Can’t be too
careful, I didn’t want mama to think I was a weirdo…even though I was probably
being “weird adjacent”.
“Is it him? Could it be?” I thought to myself.
I held the door for them
to go into the building. Well, I
held the door because I’m a nice guy… and because I wanted to see the kid from
the front. I was 99% sure it was him.
As the mom is thanking me
for holding the door I walk a few steps inside and say to her…
STEPHON: Is is is that the
kid from the the AT&T commercial???
MOM: (smiles) Yes, that’s him.
STEPHON: Aw man, he’s like my favorite right now
in commercials. He was great!
Turns to the kid.
STEPHON: You were great! You were so funny! I love, at the end, when you did the
funny little pointing of your finger and you said, “To make it funny!”
The kid just looked at me
and smiled.
KID: Thanks.
To his mother.
STEPHON: Do you mind if I
get a photo with him?
MOM: Sure, that’s fine.
I pull out my phone.
STEPHON: Can you do that thing with your finger?
KID: Like this?
STEPHON: Perfect.
I take photo.
STEPHON: Thanks, I really appreciate it!
AT&T Commercial "Joke"
http://www.stephonfuller.com
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