Working Actress =D

So the callbacks were Sunday for that film (by the way, the name is Inside Out).  Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to try and memorize it.  Since I was auditioning for another film on Saturday night, I was practicing for that all Saturday.  Then Sunday I had to work on a Promotional event that I had already committed to before I knew of the auditions, and of course, I wasn't even allowed to use my phone so there was no way I could practice.  I went straight to the callbacks after the promotional event and had about one hour to memorize as much as I could.  The scene was 5 pages long. 

So it turns out that the guy playing my character's brother was going to be either Hispanic or White.  I guess they couldn't find an Asian guy that they liked for that role or they just really liked one of the two guys and wanted them as a lead.  It turns out one of my friends was auditioning as well, which was a very pleasant surprise!  He was auditioning for the role of the character I was doing my scene with so that was awesome.  We ended up practicing together and they allowed us to use our sides.  I thought the audition went pretty well considering I only had an hour to review the scene. 

They told my friend that they were choosing that night and letting people know the next day.  I was on the damn computer all day long refreshing the page every 2 minutes and checking my email over and over.  I saw they posted about two or three of the roles as cast, but no email for me.  Then my friend told me texted me saying they told him to come back on Tuesday and to make sure he memorized his lines.  I was freaking out because they had not told me anything.  I kept waiting a few more hours then at 7pm they sent me an email saying I needed to come back as well.  That was a relief because at least they were still considering me.  That night I went to practice with my friend and yesterday I spent all day trying to memorize the lines.  We met up about two hours before the audition to practice. 

During the audition we were doing great but then my friend skipped a line which caused me to skip a line to catch up but we were able to keep going smoothly even though we both got nervous.  We missed a few other things but we just kept going and they probably didn't even notice it =)  At the end of the scene they said it was very good and that we took direction well and that it was a very hard scene but they liked it.  They were talking to us as if we were already cast but kept saying "if" lol

That night I got an email from them at 11pm saying that I was "shortlisted" for the role, which I didn't know what meant, but the rest of the email gave me instructions like I had been cast and told me my pay and to reply to confirm.  I confirmed and checked their casting call but my character still was not changed to cast.  I kept refreshing and when I went to bed I had dreams about it.  This morning it still had not been changed.  I talked to my friend and he said that they didn't send him anything.  Later on he told me they shortlisted him as well.  I checked the casting call again and now my character had been changed to "Cast" but still not real confirmation.  I decided to clarify with them and yes.....I AM CAST FOR THE ROLE =D  And I'm getting paid for the first time to act!  It's only $75 per day but it is something and I am very excited!!!!

I'll be updating more soon!