Dacre Montgomery’s audition for “Stranger Things” recently caught fire on the internet. I had many clients bring it up, saying things like, “It was crazy!” or “It’s unlike any audition I’ve ever seen!” To Montgomery’s credit, he’s a great actor and his commitment in that audition was a 10 out of 10. But it’s not his acting that people are raving about—it’s the fact that his audition was “crazy.”
What made it crazy? Simple: he was a rule-breaking machine throughout the entirety of the audition. He did whatever he wanted to do, including dancing around to Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like a Wolf” and starting/finishing his audition shirtless, with sunglasses, for no apparent reason.
While I wouldn’t recommend you start incorporating ‘80s music or random shirtless moments into your auditions, I do think there are a few wonderful takeaways from Dacre’s roguery, which you could apply to your own auditions:
1. Stop caring so much.Let me first make a very important distinction. I am not saying you should be disrespectful to the craft or the players involved. I am saying that you need to stop caring so much
Dacre Montgomery’s audition for “Stranger Things” recently caught fire on the internet. I had many clients bring it up, saying things like, “It was crazy!” or “It’s unlike any audition I’ve ever seen!” To Montgomery’s credit, he’s a great actor and his commitment in that audition was a 10 out of 10. But it’s not his acting that people are raving about—it’s the fact that his audition was “crazy.”
What made it crazy? Simple: he was a rule-breaking machine throughout the entirety of the audition. He did whatever he wanted to do, including dancing around to Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like a Wolf” and starting/finishing his audition shirtless, with sunglasses, for no apparent reason.
While I wouldn’t recommend you start incorporating ‘80s music or random shirtless moments into your auditions, I do think there are a few wonderful takeaways from Dacre’s roguery, which you could apply to your own auditions:
1. Stop caring so much.Let me first make a very important distinction. I am not saying you should be disrespectful to the craft or the players involved. I am saying that you need to stop caring so much
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