Today I went into this supermarket and to my surprise I bumped into a person who I met on set. This person has no aspirations in being say an actor, but he got into background work as it was something different and from what I remember he wouldn’t mind just doing that as an income source. Apparently, he hasn’t been called out since way back during that Farwell Atlantis movie and so understandably he had to find a regular job in order to make a living.

This made me think too as a lot of people don’t realize how hard it can be to work in this industry in any form. You often hear those phrases such as the “starving artist” and based on what I have seen that’s no exaggeration when it comes to film work. A lot of people that I know when it comes to acting is that they actually don’t work too much, but rather they just got paid a lot for a certain type of work.

When it comes to background work, I only met one person who actually does it full time too and in some ways it surprises me as he must be in his mid 50’s or so and only makes the minimum as he is not a part of the Union. I personally always view background work as a stepping stone or filler for other things that you are aspiring to do as oppose to a career.

But if you intend to work full time in this industry, I think it is wise to always have some kind of backup or support system that will enable you to survive while you are striving to meet that goal. In many ways, you are like an entrepreneur as it is up to you ultimately to find work and opportunities to make things happen for yourself.

2008-2009 Anthem Auditions have been set Monday, 9/15 Rose Room Noon to 6:00pm Oh, Say Can You Sing? Anthem stylists of every age and persuasion are invited to try

So yesterday while going to the Vancouver Film Studios I was mingling around with some of the production people and other performers as that is usually what you do to kill time. As you all know, one thing on my mind this year was an agency change and so I casually talked to people about their opinions about various agencies.

I can tell you I was so surprised at some of the answers that I heard. While I can’t reveal the information I was told, it was so crazy to hear the opinions about various agencies as us as the performers hear one thing based on our experiences. As you may expect, the reputation for some agencies was the other way around when the name was mentioned to the people that were working on the production either in the form of casting or management.

It just makes it so much more confusing. That is usually expected though as when it comes to representation sometimes you have people on an agency’s roster that has the best experience ever while others would say they are the worst. In the end the only real way to find out is to say join them and to see for yourself. It’s really tough too as you don’t really want to waste your time in joining a place that does nothing for you or is limiting your opportunities because they have say a bad relationship with casting directors.

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I went to the Vancouver Film Studios today as planned and this has been the most disoriented experience for me so far as I had no clue what production I was going to. The only information that was given to me was the type of person I am suppose to be on screen and the studio location.

The security at the front was a little hesitant at first too as usually they ask you what show you are suppose to be working on since they just don’t want anyone walking in to these places. I did bump into a nice lady though who I figured was working on the same show I was since she was Asian too considering my part was ethnic specific. Turns out we were both a both lost, however she knew ahead of time that the production was for the upcoming movie Wolverine.

Eventually, we did find the building okay. Today was just the fitting though and so we didn’t do much other than have the wardrobe people check us out and prepare for the Tuesday shoot. I did get to talk to people though and learned some very interesting things which unfortunately I can’t talk about.

I personally haven’t kept updated on the production of the movie, but as I was looking at the cast list I saw the character “Gambit” and was like “What?”. That was cool I thought since the character is pretty popular in the comic book. Although, if I’m not mistaken this movie should be a prequel of sorts and it’s kind of funny to see him here but not in the other X-Men movies.

After that short day, I was off and just need to wait for my details for the Tuesday shoot.