How to Book Acting Work & Auditioning for Horror Films| Ep 58

MAX: 00:12
Welcome back to Two Unemployed Actors. I'm Max.

SAM: 00:14
I'm Sam.

MAX: 00:15
And we are two very busy people to well, I'm certainly being unemployed.

SAM: 00:20
Yes.

MAX: 00:21
There has been a significant gap since the last episode. And for a very good reason, and relating to the podcast, to the acting world. Which we hope you've noticed. Yes. Crying out for more. When? When is it coming back? Anyway, I hear you're pleased. We hear your calls. All the voices in my head have heard them. Um so basically, I've had two different acting jobs a week for the last three weeks, and it's funny how the voiceover work has sort of dipped a bit and it's been all about the acting. It's kind of sort of works itself out in its own weird universe with me. Everything from construction worker for a council training video, uh, a trade for a hardware chain, uh, doing do-it-yourself videos. That was uh that was interesting because I'm not a do-it-yourself handyman at all. Um, so I was really happy just not to hurt myself.

Speaker 2: 01:04
Oh yeah.

MAX: 01:05
Also, car reviewer for a car manufacturer on one of those um car websites. You know, obviously you're I'm paid to review the car, so it's all glowingly positive. Uh, I think I was a sales guy with a couple of kids, you know. Great car for getaways on the weekend.

SAM: 01:21
Brilliant. Yeah.

MAX: 01:23
Um, an alcoholic fully medicated, I actually have to write this alcoholic fully medicated, depressed and abusive construction worker.

SAM: 01:30
Wow.

MAX: 01:30
Much drama.

SAM: 01:31
Big character.

MAX: 01:31
That was the afters short film. I know.

SAM: 01:33
And you did you get this all through Star Now, was it?

MAX: 01:36
Or no, you know what? I when I was doing the after shoot, um, some another actor, she recommended therightfit.com because uh we were during downtime, during setup, we were talking about, as you do, yeah, how we earn a crust. And uh she's got quite a bit of work from The Rightfit. No, I'd never heard of it. So therefit.com, I just I I created my profile and I think they get a commission from every job. So I just create my profile, apply for jobs, and then the production company puts the money in their system. So as soon as the job's complete, they tick complete, and you get paid less commission within 48 hours. And the reason I know that is because two days after I set it up, I got a job, which was the trade job we'll talk about in a minute. So I can't complain. So that I'm keeping that. I mean, it's just another platform to maintain, you know, you're getting your headshot and your CV and all that sort of stuff. Yeah, of course. But that's a good problem to have. I'm not complaining.

SAM: 02:30
No, no, no, no. Keep it all up to date.

MAX: 02:32
Had an audition this morning, um, thanks to the agent, for a video for RSL, which in Australia is returned servicemen. So it's about a soldier who's come back, he's having some difficulty uh adjusting, going for job interviews, he's got tinnitus, like the noise in the ear, and like life is just PTSD world. So there's that, and then there's him once he's got a loan and some support through the return services. Okay, uh, much more happier, a bit at less pressure, and you know, smiling at the daughter. So what I did because I came through late last night and I said to the agent, look, I'll do it first thing in the morning. She's like, Yeah, that's fine. So I've I rolled out of bed, and literally I'm I look like crap. And I thought, I'm just gonna go straight into the first bit, which is you know, ordinary guy, uh lots of wincing. I think it's a line, some line like, you know, turn it off, something for tomorrow, to you know, for the daughter who needs to go to sleep. Yeah, she's on her device, he's like through the door yelling, you know, just get off your device. And so it's it's Grumpy Dad. Oh yeah, and so there I am. Like I didn't even cover my hair. I'm like, I I look I did look uncomfortable, and I think it kind of helped. Certainly different. And then and then I went, yeah, I just literally got up, turned the camera on, hey. Um and then had a shower, feeling fresh, cup of coffee, and then boom, I was the happy dad who got the support.

SAM: 03:55
Good job.

MAX: 03:56
With a hair combed. I know, right, I know. So Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Yeah, don't hunt my arm for those watching on YouTube, Frederick. I'd better put Frederick otherwise. You can't leave that without a name. Stop it. Set him, stop it. Um, so that's good. And I had another audition yesterday, thanks to the agent. So look, it it it's been really good, really busy, and I'll I'll get into some bits and pieces in a second. How are you going, mate?

SAM: 04:20
Oh, well, I'm not quite as busy as you, but um I'm liking that. I've so I finished work for the year, so I've had a bit of downtime, which is really good.

MAX: 04:29
How how have you adjusted to that like work like survival job plus keeping acting fresh in top of mind?

SAM: 04:35
Um you mean when I when I'm working the survival job stuff.

MAX: 04:38
Yeah, I mean how like life now versus when you were all about acting.

SAM: 04:41
Yeah, I mean I mean I'm still all about acting, but you know you need to I mean I don't pay that many bills yet, but um keeping that way as long as possible. Yeah, yeah, of course. Um and so and I still have a lot of time to do acting, and in my spare time I I I think of it more as like I'm doing acting and on the side I'm working to earn some money, you know, other rather than the other way around.

MAX: 05:04
That way you're sort of keeping a focus. Yeah, exactly.

SAM: 05:06
Okay, but we had the screening for not today very recently, um, and I was so nervous. Really? Yeah, I had to drive down a Wollongong, uh, and just and I stayed we like splurged a bit and stayed in this really nice place. Yeah, it's good a lot. Get some relationship points in there as well. Yeah, exactly. Some relationship credit points.

MAX: 05:24
Was it for Cast and Crew?

SAM: 05:26
This is the Cast and Crew, and they invited my family down just because of the amount they donated. Oh, well done. Yeah, it was really cool.

MAX: 05:33
Your family get a producer credit.

SAM: 05:35
Yeah, well a little bit, not like in the credit credit, but uh but you want to make a feature film next dad? No, yeah, please. Um but it was it I was so nervous to see myself. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

MAX: 05:46
But it was it was And Um did you did your family come down? Your parents came down and watched? Yeah, they came and watched. Um extra layer of nervousness. It was very cool.

SAM: 05:53
Have they been to a screening like that before to see you on on No, because that was my first real big lead role in a short film. Yep. Um there was one, so I did a short film with a very small role when I was like 13. Yeah, okay. And we went into the screening and it turned out that my scene was deleted, so I wasn't even in it. Sorry, I shouldn't laugh.

MAX: 06:11
No, I've loved it. That happens a lot more than you think. Even people like feature films, Hollywood going to the premiere, and boom, the scene's.

SAM: 06:18
You gotta cut it down. So so not today was originally half an hour, cut it down to 18 minutes. Okay. So a lot of my scenes were cut, but I'm not gonna go. It's a chunky short film, even at 18. Yeah, exactly. And and it it was great, very intense. Um, mum started crying. I was like sitting there, like, I'm at See, so I was sitting there and I was like, got emotional right near the end when my monologue comes in, uh like a voiceover stuff. And then my brain was like, wait, you can't you can't cry. It's you. That's you. It's a bit weird. That's you. That will be weird, but it's good. It's good that it's good. It's good, people enjoyed it, fun little afters. And the next day, Jess and I had to drive home after being hungover. Um from afters, afters um to a uh to an in-person audition slash callback for that horror feature film that I told you that I auditioned for, uh we auditioned for, um which was which is a is a small budget. Did I actually talk about it? Maybe I didn't talk about it.

MAX: 07:17
Maybe not. It's been so long.

SAM: 07:18
No, yeah, so let's do a quick reminder. Refresh our memories. Yeah, so Through Star Now uh we applied for Hello Light. We applied Through Star Now we applied for uh a low budget feature film, horror film, but like reasonably I love that genre.

MAX: 07:34
I reckon it'd be so much fun.

SAM: 07:35
Yeah, and it's a reasonably good budget, like $100,000. Hello. And it what's the budget? Yeah, yeah. So so that was cool, and it would be a great experience. So I auditioned for the cheeky kind of uh fun um charismatic kind of best friend of the lead.

MAX: 07:55
Okay. Um So perhaps not first to die, but getting close.

SAM: 07:59
Well, yeah, yeah, exactly. It's a very interesting interesting story and it it's written really well. So the r uh the writer, slash director, slash producer, uh, his name's Jack Dignan, uh he's written it really well. There's a lot of overlapping lines, which is great. So the premise, which is kind of it was public because it was on Star Now. Yeah. Uh, is that there's this girl um and her mother dies and the dad gets a new girlfriend that looks spitting image to the mum. That's creepy, and it's and then you're kind of like, oh, is this actually this is maybe the mum back from the anyway? A lot of stuff happens. Uh and it's brilliant. It's a 93-page script, so about a full full-length film. Yeah, okay. And big achievement in itself, both Jess and I got an in-person callback.

MAX: 08:47
Okay, that's good.

SAM: 08:48
Which is brilliant. Like that's a big step anyway. Um, after you get the audition, and then even getting then the next step. So we were very excited for that. And fingers crossed, but even if we just get to this stage, that's we're very happy. Yeah. Uh and very happy to get there. But uh, yeah, I mean, the but the thing is is that so we auditioned what, two, two weeks ago, maybe a week and a bit ago.

MAX: 09:11
Um I know what is that? It's it's what's left of his toy. Oh my god. There's not much left of it. Goodness. But it's better than biting my hand.

SAM: 09:20
Yes. Uh in yeah, so uh a couple weeks before uh since the in-person audition, and um but it's shooting late May next year, so we could find out soon, or I know, I know you just don't know, you've got to forget about that stuff. Like you can't just be sitting waiting, uh, which I am a culprit to a hundred percent.

MAX: 09:42
It's so easy.

SAM: 09:43
But that's been brilliant, and that was a that was a big day, the big weekend, because it was the screening and then straight to that. Um, otherwise, I've just been chilling, kind of figuring out casting networks, because it's yeah, got its whole new new system.

MAX: 09:55
Yes, it's got a refresh. So although it's available um in different markets, uh like North America or Australia, Australasia, etc., um the Australian has had a refresh. And look, I like it, I'm still getting used to a few things and trying to unlock certain things to m manipulate my profiles hard.

SAM: 10:12
Yeah, and here's the funny thing. So uh originally casting networks didn't offer a spot for you to write the year that you did the project, if you remember that. I don't know if you remember. So I've so I decided to put it in brackets at the end of the title. Right. Which I thought clever, Sam. Which it was for the time, I guess. Yeah. And then they come in with now you can do a year. Yeah, exactly. So I have to go back and delete all the I know everything, yeah. Um and then reorder it as well. For some reason it didn't order it in in years.

MAX: 10:40
It's it's it's it's it's but it's hopefully yeah, hopefully these are things you only have to do once, really.

SAM: 10:44
Overall, I think it's good now. And uh I think agents don't have it you can't pay through your agent for the account. Like they they still can uh uh submit you, so have a different profile, but it's not they're not as connected to it as they used to be, uh apparently. Okay. Uh which is the same.

MAX: 11:00
Well, I had the last two auditions came through Casting Networks from my agent. Yeah. Today's and yesterday's. Yesterday's was me acknowledging and sending the profile with the media that I thought was appropriate. Yeah. Rather than a self-tape even. So that was done. And today, as I said, was self-tape, which I went quickly, edited and sent a minute's work. Well, actually, I put a link up. I it'll it was really weird, okay, because it was for in-person in Queensland, not in Queensland, I'm in Sydney. So I said to the agent, I said, Well, what do we do? I'll self-tape, don't panic, because it had the address, the time, and everything. I'm like, well, it's not, I'm not gonna make it midday, midday in Queensland, not gonna happen. So I filmed it, I edited it, blah, blah, blah, and I thought that I'd be able to click submit through Casting Networks and send the attach the media and send it. No, I couldn't work it out. Um, it really was set up for an in-person. So I just, you know, Facebook messaged the agent, she gave me the email address, I just sent that. Plus, she said send me the link and she'll send it through her area as well, just to double sure. Yeah. So I did that and just use the Vimeo.

SAM: 12:03
Yeah, I think I think a brilliant option that's new to it now is you can attach specific clips to specific projects. Yeah. And I think that's free. Yeah, I do that. That's not the premium.

MAX: 12:12
Because I'm on premium, I think I'm paying $11 a month or something.

SAM: 12:14
Yeah, so I'm I haven't switched to premium yet because I haven't updated my show rule and I don't pay when I have nothing up there yet. Indeed. But I think the clips are free because it allowed me to upload one. Okay, which is very cool. Yeah, that's kind of cool.

MAX: 12:26
I'm just trying to work out, and I sent them a query this morning on how to unlock my media so I can move it to my profile. Yeah. Because as I submit the profile, it wouldn't let me. So I only had what was there.

SAM: 12:37
There's gonna be some bugs, isn't there, on the new and that's what you want to spend time on, right?

MAX: 12:42
All that technical shit? No.

SAM: 12:43
Um back to the symbol days when when actors just had to walk in the room with a headshot. I know, everybody.

MAX: 12:50
Moving on. Um, so I I had this I had this uh through the right fit, okay. So another platform, and uh got tapped on the shoulder for this tradey thing. Now we've got this uh I guess you call him a hardware tradey celebrity called Scotty Cam, who is on in front of a lot of cameras on different shows across the nine television network in Australia on Free to Air. Um, and he's sponsored by or he signed up as spokesperson for a hardware company Australia called Might of Ten. Yeah. Uh so guess who was filling in for him? Maxi, and there was a couple other talents. So I think one was cooking, which was the next day, and another hardware guy who's a friend of mine who did the RSL shoot with me a while ago. Cool. Um, and he was on the the following day, so it was three of us. Uh so I'm ready for a full day, right? First cab off the rank. I turn up and I've got my KFC trading outfit, which which KFC gave me. I said, look, you know, no one's got size 13 work boots in the office, so no one's got size 13 feet. So to keep your wardrobe. So I and it's and it's got me quite a bit of work, this tradie wardrobe. Yeah. It basically looks like someone who just works with their hands and knows what they're doing. And it's not me. So I call it a costume, but uh that's not me. But you know, that so be it. So uh whatever works, right? So I I took that and a few options and I had huge because I just finished the afters um shoot, which is all about you know, druggy, you know, alcoholic. Um I'm just totally unkempt, and I just kept the beard so we could have options and neaten it up or whatever. No, just go straight on, okay, right. So uh ready to go. They they had three projects for me, and you turn up and they've got one built, half built, and the pieces. And in amongst that, I've got to be doing the main bits while giving them voiceover options for when you know they do the montages of me actually doing things. And you know, I made my Andrew said, mate, what tips can you give me for when I'm up? I said, get out of the way and let the two builders, the two guys from my department, do their work because I'm just slowing them down and probably risking hurting them. There was what there was one scene I could not actually get this screw to do what I needed it to do uh with the pliers. So what they did was they got the dude who actually knew what he's doing, yeah, Steve, to to come in and do it. But I stood right next to the screw so you could see my shirt, so it looked like it was me doing it. Yeah, yeah, right. Like because I just seriously, I've got no idea. Um have you used a power saw? How long has it been since you used a power saw? Oh, it's been a while, just show me again, you know. And then of course my cut was brutal, like it's just fully you know I'm like, oh my god. And the script was um being written as I was there.

SAM: 15:23
So So did you did you get paid properly like a commercial payment?

MAX: 15:27
And it's for online, so it's gonna be used on their website for do-it-yourself stuff. And they can promote on social media. So uh there's a limit. And uh rollover? Did you hear rollover? Yeah, because there's a limit in time that it's gonna be up for. So um you have to commit them with that.

SAM: 15:41
They didn't offer it straight up, or did they?

MAX: 15:42
No, I just sent my application through the right fit, and uh it was a self-tape application. Um, and I just presented to camera with I think I had a screwdriver that I've been using to put my IKEA furniture together. Go me.

SAM: 15:54
And did you did you offer rollover? I mean, did you ask for rollover?

MAX: 15:57
No, no, because what happened was I s I sent the audition of me just saying, hi, my name's Max, I'm for a mitre 10 and blah blah blah. And uh then there's a fixed fee for a period of time. So if it's gonna go over that time and they want to keep using it, then yes. But you negotiated that no, yeah, uh yeah, to sign. Because it's a fixed like if what happens is if it's a project fee and they say it's gonna be for online use, great. I'll specify okay, what is it, three years? Sorry, three months, six months, twelve months, what's the period? I'll get that in writing and I'll say, well, it's only gonna be 12 months, great. Then I make a note and I know if it's on longer than 12 months, I'll submit them that fee again.

SAM: 16:37
Yeah.

MAX: 16:38
Um, and that's worked with me on a couple of projects.

SAM: 16:40
And you told them that as well, did you?

MAX: 16:42
No, it's just how I roll. How you roll because because they've agreed in writing, so there's no point in spending too much time on the detail. I'm spending more time asking questions about what wardrobe do I need, um, is there gonna be a script? Am I gonna auto queue? Like all that sort of stuff. But uh you've got it in writing that says we're gonna pay you X amount for 12 months usage.

SAM: 17:01
Just run an email in writing it. Easy.

MAX: 17:03
Or a screenshot of the if it's if it's detailed in the actual audition notice. And then uh brilliant, you just forward that and say, um, as agreed, you know, it's over 12 months now. If you want to keep using it, that's fine. Um, here's the fee. Um if you don't want to keep using it, it's gonna come down, just let me know. This this is how it rolls, this is how we how it works. Um and it's important because yeah, and that's what I don't like to do in perpetuity stuff. Because I can just use it whenever, wherever, yeah for as ever for however long. So look, it was a bit of a challenge because the script was unfolding as I was standing around. So literally, here's a paragraph, and I've got to memorize the paragraph, then practice very quickly because their setups don't take that long. These this these crews work together for a long time and they did lots of stuff with Scotty Cam. Oh, that's cool. Uh, then I've got to be pretty cluey with how to work whatever equipment I'm working and where to hold the labels and you know, to talk which bits do I need to look down to actually work on and then look up and say the next line in the paragraph. Uh, and I'll get something like, okay, Max, now it you've got it, you're sounding too posh, you've got to occur it up a bit, you know. So I gotta say now, we're gonna get into the uh sour of the, you know, I'm not and again, I'm not a do-y-supperson, and so and so I do all that sort of stuff. So it's like I'm thinking about five different things at once, trying to like it was an absolute headache at the end of the day because I'm like so focused on the lines are just fresh. I'm presenting the camera, but I'm trying to build this thing and I'm out of my comfort zone, yeah, in a way, because I don't know what to build these things. So it was really interesting, it was really interesting. And the and I know it was really interesting. I what I learned was throughout the day that the more time I spent asking the guys, um, one of them Canadian who actually built a log cabin in the wilderness. I mean, this guy is streets ahead of where I am of is that a screwdriver, you know. So how do I use a screwdriver? Get out of the way, pull or push. Ask these guys questions, what's a good look at blah blah, and then um uh for the director, okay, what what what's the shot? Just get really into what you really, you know, getting out of that shot so I know um uh how to make it all happen because it was headache inducing. It was so it was so full on. And there was one line, oh my god, because it broke into shots the way they'd they'd so they sort of had a shot list next to um the scripts. I say scripts because it was consistently unfolding. Yeah, and uh and there was one moment where I'm like, yep, I memorise that paragraph way I go, and it's like, okay, why don't you just keep going now, do another take, and say the next line. I'm like, oh okay, sure, what is the next line? And I had a quick look um and get on into to mitre 10. Or no, get into it at mitre 10. So fair enough, but then I'm going, as we're going through the next take, I'm halfway through my spiel, and I've just I can't remember that line that I just glanced at. So we get all the way through, and then I'm looking at the camera awkwardly, going, um uh uh get on in to instead of get it get into modesty, I can't remember, it was get on in or something, like a word that made a huge difference because of their tag that they wouldn't use. And then we did it again, and guess what? I did it again. Oh my god. And then we did it again, and guess what? I did it again. By this stage, there's a few awkward chuckles, and I'm like, fuck, I didn't know we were gonna do that line. Oh my god, and then I almost freaked myself out. You know, I get that moment in the mindset, oh my god, oh my god. So it's like, calm down, Max, you're gonna make this happen. I said, just give me a minute. Line, blah, blah, okay, yep, I can do the lines, blah, blah, blah and then I said it. What was funny was because the writer was there on set after we finally got it, she used the tag that I kept getting wrong, the the the wrong tag as the right tag for the last shoot. So that way she said as she laughed, handing me the script, going, I'm least likely to fuck it up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because this is what I kept saying when I should have said the other tagline. Yeah. Oh the go before. Anyway, what happened was I built a chest of drawers. Cool. Finished it with nice wax and paint to make it look like that sort of chalky weathered look.

SAM: 21:08
Oh, yeah.

MAX: 21:09
I built a barbecue stand, like outdoor kitchen.

Speaker 2: 21:13
Yep.

MAX: 21:13
That was intense. And a herb garden wall to hook onto the hook to build onto the. I can't even say what I built. To the so you're you're cooking on your barbecue and you've got the herb garden wall right there, and you pick your herbs, chuck it in. It's it's wonderful.

SAM: 21:28
Very nice.

MAX: 21:29
Oh my god. It's it pains me just talking about it. I'm getting flashbacks.

Speaker 2: 21:34
Oh yeah.

MAX: 21:36
That was hard work. Like that was hard. But anyway, it went well. They were really happy with me. And um, you know, we're chatting during lunch and it comes up that I'm doing voiceovers because you know, get the old plug out. And uh the director said, That's great, because I have to go through um agency in Tasmania who then book a studio and a sound engineer, blah, blah, blah. So you've got your own home studio. I'm like, Yeah, do I never had anyone send back a file going that's not studio quality, it's it's great. Oh great. So I gave him the card and uh he said, Yeah, no worries, I'll I'll use you for voiceovers moving forward, which is great. Happened to me again actually when I did the car sales one on Friday. Yeah. It was the camera guy. It's like, yeah, and you do voiceovers, don't you? Yeah, yeah. Well, uh, I didn't have a card on me. Rookie mistake. But I said, Have you got LinkedIn? Connect on LinkedIn. Yep, no worries. Yeah. I find that works quite well. Yeah. Because it's oh Max from blah blah blah. Go to LinkedIn type in Max their app. So it's uh I've gotten some great connections and some recurring work through my LinkedIn contacts. Nice. So you just never know. You just gotta be ready. Who knows? I mean, actors, life. You don't know where the next opportunity is coming from.

SAM: 22:35
No.

MAX: 22:35
So you just gotta be ready. No. And I think because I did all the boring stuff that we've been talking about on the podcasts for the last year, you know, getting your CV up to date, latest headshots, making sure everything's consistent, website, blah, blah, blah. Because I did all that boring behind the scenes stuff and it was up to date, I can relax and enjoy every project that came to me over the last few weeks because I know I don't have to panic going, oh, have I submitted the right stuff for that? You know, if someone looks at my LinkedIn, uh, I think Mart Morris had a look. Oh, right. Chris Hemsworth's agent on my LinkedIn profile. I'm like, how do you know? Oh, it tells you. Yeah. So who's viewed your profile? I'm like, how'd it fire out?

SAM: 23:13
How do he get that? Who knows?

MAX: 23:16
Like I said, you don't know who's going to look at what, when, and where. True.

SAM: 23:18
So it tells you who sees it. Yeah.

MAX: 23:20
You can have a look. There's a premium option which lets you look at a lot of people who've looked. Uh, but I just uh yeah, it just tells you the last few, I think, unless you want to upgrade to premium. Premium's good if you want to do some of the LinkedIn learning stuff, which is like a better YouTube.

SAM: 23:33
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

MAX: 23:34
Professional YouTube. If you're in corporate world and you're looking for a job, the easiest way to see that is someone's upgraded to premium.

SAM: 23:40
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Brilliant.

MAX: 23:42
And uh anyway, anyway, let's not go back to corporate world. But uh yeah, so like you just never know. So because all that stuff was done, I'm walking around, business cards, I've got my CVs in my back pocket, like I'm just you know, I'm geared to go, all that profiles up to date, and I can actually immerse myself in each of the projects. Um which is great. Like, I really I really enjoyed it, I had a great time. So good stuff. It's always good when it comes together and it's enjoyable. I'll talk about another couple of those projects in the next episode. Um, particularly the car one. I mean, you know, come on, I love driving cars, and the best cars in the world to drive are ones that don't belong to you. I've I've worked that out a long time ago. So, what are you doing next week, Sammy?

SAM: 24:17
I am performing in uh Spring Awakening, the musical that we've been rehearsing for nine months. Oh god, nine months? Oh yes. It's meant to be performing. I'm like, geez, you guys are that shit. Yeah. No, it's the plague. Yeah. No, it doesn't brilliant. Um, and we're performing next week. I can't believe it. Uh around my birthday. Oh, when you turn 16. Yeah, no, I turned 16. Big one six. Um, oh 20?

MAX: 24:44
Is that the end of your team? 21, 21. 21. Oh, pardon me.

SAM: 24:47
Yeah. How old are you?

MAX: 24:49
It feels like the last two years have been one year. I know, right. The last three weeks have been.

SAM: 24:52
But that's been fun and it's it's an interesting musical. We're doing a run today, actually. We have to rush, I have to rush off to that house.

MAX: 24:57
Have you enjoyed rehearsing for?

SAM: 24:59
I mean, no, it's been fractured because of the COVID, but the cast that we have, we're very, very close and very lucky to have that. And it's a lot of fun. We actually filmed, we recorded professionally uh because one of our guys has has a home studio uh recorded professionally and did some visuals as well uh for one of the songs.

MAX: 25:18
Okay, is that to use of living? Well, well, between those lines. Uh pretty obvious. Um but uh it's a promo. So it's a promo, yeah. I'm gonna say is that for a promo? That'd be great. That's awesome.

SAM: 25:28
I can show you that.

MAX: 25:29
Um we can another big question speaking of performances though, that I know I've been talking about this play for what seems like a year because well, it has been. Um it's now geared for February, February the 3rd to February the 6th in Sydney. I don't care where you are, make your way to Sydney. It's probably gonna be safer than wherever you're at. Um probably we'll be able to do that. Play's under control here, and um capacity has been lifted, which is great now. So if we can fit more bums on seats and the first read through.

SAM: 25:57
I mean, one one per seat, probably.

MAX: 25:60
The fur well, no one wants to sit on my lap anyway. But the fur while you're performing, it'll be a bit uncomfortable. The first read through is tomorrow night, and I'll meet two new cast members because there's a couple who couldn't m manage it for scheduling, the new dates. But uh I'm looking forward to the oldest in it.

SAM: 26:14
Pardon? Are you the oldest in it?

MAX: 26:16
Absolutely. 100%. Oh, absolutely like a good 30 years. I mean, who who is able to commit to um the work schedule of a play with rehearsals and everything? You know what I mean? Yeah, because everyone my age has real jobs, which I've moved away from to have fun jobs.

SAM: 26:31
So uh guys is leap.

MAX: 26:34
But it was um it was good fun, and it's comedy fast, so I'm looking forward to getting into rehearsals because what a great way to say goodbye to 2020 with a comedy fast.

SAM: 26:43
100%.

MAX: 26:44
So, and I've I've really I've had the script at arm's length for a year because I still want to keep it fresh and actually get into the room and do rehearsals, and I'm looking forward to doing that. Brilliant. Can't wait. So, lots more to talk about in the next couple of episodes. Yes, so make sure you subscribe, make sure you share, tell your friends, tell everyone your dog, tell anyone basically who listen. Even if they're not listening, keep telling them.

SAM: 27:07
We need people.

MAX: 27:09
You'll listen to two unemployed actors. I'm Max. I'm Sam, and you'll hear us next week.

SAM: 27:13
Bye.