I was once coaching a very talented young actor who, along with his agent and managers, felt he was so right for a part that he put too much pressure on himself during up to the audition and ended up disappointed in his performance
It was clear he wasn’t happy with his audition, so I asked him to show me exactly what he’d done in the room. As soon as he started, I saw the problem. Sure, may have been “right” for the role, but he had the show’s tone totally wrong. The way he was playing the audition was for a straight drama, but the show actually had a lot of quirky humor and style to it.You can be the best actor in the world and bring truth to the scene you’re performing in an audition, but if you don’t understand the material you’re playing and if you don’t enter the specific world the story is set in, you’ll be at a loss and do yourself a disservice.
You can be the best actor in the world and bring truth to the scene you’re performing in an audition, but if you don’t understand the material you’re playing and if you don’t enter the specific world the story is set in, you’ll be at a loss and do yourself a disservice.
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