June 26, 2001
And we're back. Not content to pass on me once this year, the Jim Belushi Pilot is giving me another look. As it happened, the pilot was made and picked up, but they need to re-cast the role of ANDY, the role I tested for back in March. From there it would be a pilot and twelve more already picked up. This would be a good pilot audition to get. Real good.
But I didn't. At least I don't think so. My reading felt cartoonish and off. Maybe I was a little rusty. I haven't auditioned in nearly two months. Maybe it was the scene. Maybe it was the room. Maybe it was being in front of a collection of people who all decided once before that I was not right for this show. I don't know, but it didn't sing. It didn't click.
And the worst thing about it is that I could do a good job in this
show. The role appears to have been re-worked to be a much more
"Ducey-style" role than before. The character breakdown now
describes him as "smart, charming, somewhat gullible, and just a
bit neurotic." I can do those things. The only hope is that
these people know that and have faith in me despite the reading today.