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Wow! I’m just back from shooting an episode of Upper Class Crimes the Paramout+ Series shooting in Calgary this Winter. it was a wonderful experience. When I first saw the audition for this role, I thought, 'Yikes, this looks intense! Can I even pull this off?' The subject matter was pretty heavy, and the dialogue was long; a real challenge. Plus, we were about to go away for a couple of days.
Right before my wife and I recorded, my good friend who’s a Director came over for one of our semi regular coffees. We were chatting about acting in general and one of the topics was how the best way to play a drunk person is; act like someone desperately trying to hide their drunkenness. I remember, a light bulb went off! I realized I could play my character as someone trying to stay professional and composed despite the disturbing nature of his testimony.
We went away, and when I got back, I watched our audition self tape again with my wife. We both agreed, 'We killed it!' Often that’s the end of it. You know, you made a good self tape now carry on with the next audition. But it wasn't long before my agent Jenny let me know we were pinned for the role!
I'm back home now, it took twelve hours but I recorded about a 15-minute scene, along with twelve very talented guys, an amazing crew, in a brand new (studio seen above), including some familiar faces to viewers (more about it when it’s appropriate). And guess what? I think I killed it again!