Blood Brothers Auditions

 The Auditions were today, and the audition timings were sent to us yesterday, while the scripts to audition with were sent to us on Sunday.

I spent Sunday night learning my script to the point I got 3 hours worth of sleep. The way I learn scripts is I act it out and say the lines aloud, I keep doing this until I can do it off script and then I go to my mum or dad and ask for help, they then fill in for the other person and I go over the script with them until I can nail each line, with them correcting me whenever I miss or screw up a line. This way I have the lines learned and I have the other person's dialogue so I then know my queues. I can do this in a day or longer, depending on how many lines I have to learn. I did this for the blood brothers script and every script prior to it.

I wanted Eddie because he's something different. He's not a comedy character and he's not a small serious role. You're there with him while he grows up, you see him as a baby and then as a child, you're there with him through his life, playing it out with him. He's a main part and he's a serious role. I want to play him through his life and experience what he does using the radiating technique. I did extra preparation for this by trying to get into the mindset of Eddie while helping my friends. For example, one needed help with a scene that has Edward in and he has a gun pointed at him. So I made myself feel scared and worried. As though he actually was pointing a gun at me, I made sure that I portrayed it through my voice, face and body language. And I did the exact same thing during my actual audition, I used Radiation and made sure to Convey the correct emotion during my acting, I'm sure I did. The feedback I was given was to stop pacing during my audition which I kept doing due to my anxiety, but I also thought he would pace during it, simply because he's nervous about talking to Linda. 

My Audition started at 1:50, the time leading up to it felt like it had just passed by, and I kept overthinking and my stomach hurt, but I didn't let it affect my acting. I went in expecting the worst but It was quite pleasant, I was asked about why I wanted the character, and I responded with that I wanted him because I want to branch out of comedy roles, I need to increase my portfolio and make sure I can by playing more serious roles to demonstrate that I'm not a one trick pony, getting more experience. I was asked several more questions on the character and about the research I did on him I made sure to answer with what I did and I'm sure I did well. Then my audition started, I went through the scene how I believed it should be played out, making sure to try and radiate.

After I had finished acting, I was told they enjoyed it and I did well then I left. I was still nervous as now we have to wait for callbacks and I keep thinking I won't get it. It'd be nice if I did but I won't complain if I don't, just means I didn't suit the role even if I really want it. 

But for now I'm just worried about the Call-backs, even if it isn't the cast list, they're cutting it down a lot by call-backs. I can only hope that I'll be one of the Eddie's who do get one.