cablebody
recently i was 'put on tape' for director/writer jay alaimo's latest project. it's called chlorine. david arquette and demi moore star (tho the imdb lists julianna margulies). michael rappaport was listed for the role i read for. the imdb is not frequently updated.
they sent me a pdf of the entire script for chlorine. one hundred seventeen pages. generally one page equals one minute of screentime. i read 30 minutes worth of it.
it has an american beauty setting and tone to it, but told from the pov of the teen-aged daughter. occurring in the thick of the me-decade 80's, there's loads of drugging and upward mobilizing. one scene contains an overt line about all the spending leading to an economic implosion.
i read for the part of a pot-smoking groundskeeper at a country club. no gophers. no kenny loggins. one ray liotta.
my friend philip read the other sides for me. this is key. often my agent will try to read the other side, turning pages while simultaneously running a mini-dv camera and vcr. it's like eating BBQ ribs, tapping a party ball keg and shifting into third through a late-night roadblock. kinda nerve-wracking.
so we got a rhythm going. had some flow. i improvised one line in a fight with a girl. instead of just plain old 'bitch' i came up with this nugget:
me: "that is so retarded"
her: "you're retarded."
me: "you're a gay bitch."
heh. 80's cutdown. high five.
by the way, jay alaimo's last film was slingshot. the only review i read for it (10 seconds worth) glowed "slingshot will surely land a slot on cable."
they sent me a pdf of the entire script for chlorine. one hundred seventeen pages. generally one page equals one minute of screentime. i read 30 minutes worth of it.
it has an american beauty setting and tone to it, but told from the pov of the teen-aged daughter. occurring in the thick of the me-decade 80's, there's loads of drugging and upward mobilizing. one scene contains an overt line about all the spending leading to an economic implosion.
i read for the part of a pot-smoking groundskeeper at a country club. no gophers. no kenny loggins. one ray liotta.
my friend philip read the other sides for me. this is key. often my agent will try to read the other side, turning pages while simultaneously running a mini-dv camera and vcr. it's like eating BBQ ribs, tapping a party ball keg and shifting into third through a late-night roadblock. kinda nerve-wracking.
so we got a rhythm going. had some flow. i improvised one line in a fight with a girl. instead of just plain old 'bitch' i came up with this nugget:
me: "that is so retarded"
her: "you're retarded."
me: "you're a gay bitch."
heh. 80's cutdown. high five.
by the way, jay alaimo's last film was slingshot. the only review i read for it (10 seconds worth) glowed "slingshot will surely land a slot on cable."
posted by ablebody at 6:24 PM
2 Comments:
First of all, you are a gay bitch and that is an awesome 80's cutdown! Love it. Next, are you kidding me with the fat girls in party hats!? I think you're not.
"... it's like eating BBQ ribs, tapping a party ball keg and shifting into third through a late-night roadblock. kinda nerve-wracking."
That is so hilarious and so true. And she speaks in a complete monotone voice throughout. I love it when she won't say 'curse' words in the script, too. Thanks.
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