Tonight I told Tom my three choices of characters from the Spoon River Anthology. Tom thought I should play Edmund Pollard. Edmund Pollard is a guy who lived through life cautiously and is now speaking from the grave telling people to live life to the fullest. His monologue is very poetic and passionate. It sounds very interesting and I look forward to working on it. The downside to playing this character is that Tom wants me to wear a toga for the piece.
A toga???
Tonight Tom told us that an actor is cast in a specific role/character because the actor has the look, personality and behavioural traits that fit a specific character. We were encouraged to take a hard/realistic look at ourselves and really imagine what kind of roles/characters would fit us. Looking at my training up to now I have been assigned romantic leads or “take charge” characters. Does this mean the studio views me as a leading man type of actor? Very cool. In my acting “career” I have been sent out on a lot of commercial auditions as a “hip and cool” character. Theatrically I have auditioned for a lot of “asian gangsta/thug” roles (Fast and the Furious, Biker Boys, Crossing Jordan, etc, etc). Hmmm….
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