Did I tell you guys about the independent film i got cast in? I'm more or less talking to myself about this, since no one reads this, but I might as well. As you know I'm really into acting and a few years ago I got into doing independent films. A couple months ago I auditioned for a film that was looking for a teen girl. I was so excited, I hadn't found work for a teenager in at least a year! I realized though, I didn't have a monologue, so I wrote one last minute. It's about a phone conversation a girl has with her friend and then her boyfriend calls....kinda girly, but it works. So I went, did my thing, and didn't hear from the director until two weeks later, which by then I thought I had failed, for a callback. He sent us a part of the script I would be reading with a guy being considered for the other part. The film was about a girl, Shelley, who shoots her parents with her boyfriend. Despite what you're thinking, it's not a horror film. The shooting is in the beginning, and the rest of the film is showing how Shelley deals with what she has done.

So anyway, I went, did my thing, and didn't hear from him until a week later when he called and told me I got the part! When I read the full script, I realized I was in for it. Shelley is a depressed girl, not emotional at all, very deadpan, so I had to practice being that way, being slow and not reacting to anything. Also, the other teen, Roger, is Shelley's boyfriend, and they have to kiss 3 times! At one point in the film, Shelley catches and cuts up an eel!

A month later, when we went down the the cape for a week (we were filming down there. It was a pretty complex shoot) I was nervous, but when I met the crew, I realized it would be fine; they all got along so well. The guy who played Roger was 17 (yikes!) but he was really nice and we got to be good friends. Filming was so much fun! There was lots of goofing around, lots of jokes, but when we needed to be serious, we were serious. The whole crew was very impressed with my acting and the producer wants to work with me in his upcoming film, which is excellent. It was the best film I have ever been in, and I'm sort of astounded that I did it, you know? I never thought I could act like that, be someone so different than me, but I threw myself into it and it worked. Oh, and the kissing? Sure, we had to do each kiss a hundred million times to get it right....that's what we had to do with every shot, to make sure they got it. I didn't really mind....

Okay, enough about me! I want to hear about my non-existent follower's summers! Leave a comment telling me something about your summer, something you have done or are going to do, or just a funny story. Please? I love hearing about different people's experiences.

Oh, and by the way, Sarah Dessen has a new book out! It's called Along for the Ride. I'm reading it right now, so I can't tell you much about it yet, but next post I'll review it.

Quote of the Post: "It's alright to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation."