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Commercial - Austin
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ID # 31756
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Commercials
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SRN
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Austin TX |
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Non-union
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$50.00 per hour
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Release Date |
04-26-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
04-27-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Commercials - Non-SAG
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| Market(s) |
Dallas, TX |
Local production company looking for sadistic Bodybuilders, Jocks and skaters to star in commercial for a local power company. Pay is 50 per hour for filming and residuals. Please send your headshots and stats (age, height, weight, shoesize) as well as a explaination of what you would do as a giant in a city. This will only be about a two day shoot and will be contracted.
Note: This is a self-response notification. If you fit the role criteria and are interested in this project, please see the submission info below the role description.
NOTE: ALL TALENT UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AT ALL TIMES
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company looking for sadistic Bodybuilders, Jocks and skaters to star in commercial for a local power company
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Sighing that he found the movie - in which he played Tom Cruise's doomed best mate, Lt Nick "Goose" Bradshaw - "very objectionable", Edwards lists the reasons why That stuff - that's what I do " No matter "
So no chance of Edwards following in the footsteps of his old buddy Clooney and donning a cape to portray a big-screen superhero, then? "I don't think it would be an obvious move "I joke with my publicist that if only I had a drug problem to hide, or I was a big womaniser or an alcoholic, I might be easier to sell We're so obsessed with success in the US - it gets me down "
Apart from one movie in the can - The Forgotten, a thriller - the actor sees no need to charge back to work He felt trapped in the LA bubble: "The nightmare of Hollywood is that you think nothing else exists "
The movie will only serve to boost Edwards' profile - the side of the job with which the actor is least comfortable I guess I'm just an old peacenik, because I don't believe you solve problems by killing people "Everything I hate about Hollywood is embodied by that movie Edwards was catapulted from self-styled "wimp" in trashy horror pics to global, award-winning star "I'm not really a gadget person, but it's been amazing fun to be surrounded by these huge toys that have been created There's an intensity in places like Hollywood and Wall St that leaves little time for family life "So the idea of coming to this place of fantasy and fun was wonderful
Over his eight years on ER (he left two years ago after his character was killed off) audiences fell in love with Greene's mild, self-effacing bedside manner I don't bring a lot of heat into a room But I'm smart enough to realise that it's a deal you make, and part of my job is to thank people and be part of the circus The show was a hit, making the actor a household name I'd have to change my physique
"He had a best friend who was sensitive and funny and had a wife and died I wasn't an action hero She was right They have a different story to tell
Otherwise he was so down in the dumps that he couldn't bring himself to audition when the writer-producer Michael Crichton asked him to read for a new medical drama he was developing He certainly suffered after Top Gun (1986), which was, perversely, the film that brought him to public attention It's the idea that you have to succeed at any cost
Then there were the toys Some film stars come across as someone you'd never be able to meet They provide a way for audiences into a story Edwards' ER nest egg and his wife's high-earning potential make that decision much easier "Even before I was famous, people would say that I reminded them of some cousin But some actors are regular and accessible, which is important
Edwards, a card-carrying Anglophile after taking acting classes in London in his high-school days, relished the opportunity of a summer larking around in the fantasy world of Tracy Island, built at Pinewood Studios "
Edwards recently moved his family from West Coast to East Everyone finds a world in which they succeed, and I'm enjoying not trying to be someone I'm not - and who I am not is Spider Man!"
But so what if we never see his Spider Man - Edwards is that rarity, an artist entirely content with his lot
Slender, with a hairline not so much receding as disappearing over the horizon, he's happiest blending into the background George [Clooney] provides that isn't much fun "
But Edwards didn't hit rock bottom until six years later, when he appeared in Pet Sematary II The actor - and father of four children aged from two to 10 - also revelled in taking on such a cartoonish character after the anguish of Dr Greene "It wasn't a genre I understood, but I appreciated the idea that maybe Pet Sematary II could be something interesting visually and exciting
LOWDOWN
WHO: Anthony Edwards BORN: July 19, 1962 Santa Barbara, California
BEST KNOWN AS: Dr Mark Greene in TV's ER
NOW HE'S: Brains in the live-action Thunderbirds movie, opening Thursday
BEST FILM OF HIS NO ONE SAW: Miracle Mile (1988)
- INDEPENDENT
His more amenable way of operating "doesn't necessarily make for a fireworks display, but you sleep better at night" Arnold Schwarzenegger, for instance, is not a regular person He is all the more likeable because he appears to lack the usual "look at me" thespian gene "My wife had to explain that this was a role made for me " And? "It wasn't!" Following such woeful fare as Hometown Boy Makes Good, How I Got Into College and Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, the Pet Sematary II experience plunged Edwards into a slough of despond
Edwards dresses up in irredeemably square glasses, lab coat and hairdo to play Brains, the speccy, stuttering boffin Films that cost a lot of money to make require a lot of hype to promote, and I'm taking great joy in bouncing around other worlds right now He produces various flourishes from his bag of tricks to help the family combat the moustache-twiddling baddie, The Hood (Ben Kingsley)
Still, Tony Scott's macho Air Force picture did establish the "Edwards brand" "I'm self-deprecating to a fault
"I spent eight years on a television series, playing the most sincere and depressed doctor in the world," Edwards laughs Celebrity is a completely contrived thing, created to sell commodities 2004
By JAMES RAMPTON
In his time, the actor Anthony Edwards freely admits, he has endured a few long, dark nights of the soul People smile, shake your hand and pretend it doesn't affect them, but it's all they think about Unlike many Hollywood big shots, he is cuddly rather than threatening, the kind of solid guy you'd marry rather than have an affair with I'm not dangerous, emotionally or sexually " Not surprisingly, his children weren't allowed to watch the doom-laden ER, "so it's really nice to be able to take part in a film my kids will really enjoy" The sole benefit was that he met his wife, Jeanine Lobell, on the set; she was the makeup artist on Pet Sematary II and now runs the Stila cosmetics line They even forgave the actor for Top Gun
He'd be the first to concede that his lack of extroversion can be a hindrance in his profession I'd never turn down a good script just because it was a blockbuster, but I like what more challenging movies have to offer If you have to kill your best friend, that is OK, as long as you are the best fighter pilot Skinny, bald men know they're skinny and bald This schlock-horror sequel turned out to be a gigantic self-basting turkey I doubt I could act flashy, although I've done it sometimes Being persuaded to go for the role of Dr Mark Greene in ER was the best career move Edwards has made part with the right specs
04 Noah Wyle - Dr Carter in ER - describes him as "the kind of father we should all have" Anthony Edwards is proof nice guys don't always finish last Jonathan Frakes' romp is inspired by the eternally culty - and much parodied - sixties "Supermarionation" puppet show about the Tracy family and their do-gooding organisation, International Rescue Also, I loved Brains' geekiness I just died "
Was she ever If it looks easy, like anyone can do it, then we've succeeded He reckons being famous is "like having a hump
"Being on display I'm not happy preening in front of a camera If there is a sequel, selfishly I'd love to see him leave the control room, but I'm not sure how well he'd do in the outside world "I wish we had more debate about the amount of time fathers spend with their children "
But, on screen, the actor has an approachable, bloke-next-door persona to which viewers immediately warm "
Edwards is again putting those traits to good use in one of this summer's big movies, the live-action version of Thunderbirds It's a pure capitalism message gone mad "ER came at a point where I was happy not to act again," says the 42-year-old "
Self-effacement comes easily to Edwards
But does he really not fancy a more high-profile Hollywood career? He responds in mock amazement: "No one's asked me! You can't get kicked out of a party no one has invited you to
"It's just who you are," Edwards muses NBC were quick to recognise his value: when George Clooney left, the network gave Edwards a $35 million three-year contract " Now, he can walk his children to school and spend more time being a dad
"Pet Sematary had been very successful," he says in mitigation He recalls: "I was hired for that movie for a very specific reason - to help the audience like the lead character
