In today’s ultra-competitive casting environment, the actors who are scoring the jobs are the ones that know how to truly embody the role. They have the ability to make the words come alive in a connected, honest, and dynamic way.
To do this requires a way of preparing that allows you to go deeper than the competition—a way of working that doesn’t look at auditioning as a problem to be solved, but rather a dynamic, creative art form all its own.
Here are two ways that can help free you to creatively and skillfully embody the role and book the job:
Get rid of “right” and “wrong.”Of course the casting director, producers, director et al. have some idea of what they’re looking for in the role you’re auditioning for. However, they are having a session, which means that they need answers—answers you have to provide for the character they’re casting: Who is the person behind the words? How do they breathe and feel? How do they look? Why do we care about them?
The only right answers to those questions are your answers.
If we must use the words right and wrong: the “right” decisions about the piece are the ones that connect you to the words on the page in
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