This week at Backstage, we’re on Emmy Awards watch, from the should-be-nominated series to potential nominees’ humble beginnings, to how you, too, can become a television actor. As far as the latter, there’s certainly no one surefire way to simply become a TV actor, and every talent’s journey to small screen success will be a unique one. However, very commonly, that journey begins with one word: pilot.
Save for a few exceptions, most series start with a pilot that then gets ordered to series, bringing with it actors who can hopefully prosper alongside it. Well, guess what? There is no reason you can’t book a pilot yourself, and below we have knowing advice from Backstage Experts on how to do so.
Don’t move to L.A. just in time for pilot season.“First of all, no agent will sign you in January because they just spent the last few months building up their client list for pilot season. Second, casting directors who don’t know you aren’t going to have time to meet you because they’re too busy casting pilots. And third, if by some miracle you actually got a chance to audition for a series regular role, you won’t have the experience to do well in that kind of
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