My Alter Ego

Sometimes I think my "agent" overestimates me. This is the second time she had me go to an audition that I felt like I didn't belong, or felt like Cinderella beside her stepsisters. (But Cinderella ended up prettier than her stepsisters and got the prince.... so maybe that wasn't a good analogy haha) I mean, I'm used to being an extra in commercials, photo shoots and even TV shows. But sometimes she actually has this delusion that I can actually be the main talent instead of the extra. No, thanks, I'm fine being the wallflower.

The first time my agent told me to go to this audition for some TV commercial. I thought it was an audition to be an EXTRA. But when I went to the venue I was surprised to see the photo of Joey Mead on the stack of models trying out. Uuuhhh... Ms. Agent, I think you should have your eyes checked. I'm equivalent to approximately 1.5 times Joey Mead's size. Stop wasting my time. Hahahaha.

Then today she had me go to this studio which luckily was just a few blocks away from my office so I was able to go during my lunch break. I was surprised to see models of Western heritage/Caucasians -- in and out of the main studio. Imagine: foreign lanky male models with too much makeup. Images of Zoolander crossed my mind. If my agent was just there I would have smacked her head. What the hell was I doing there? Good thing I didn't have to go too much out of my way to reach the venue. And since I was already there might as well go along with it. The photography people were the same people I worked with Saturday. So they must be wondering why I was there again. They had to take photos of me, some of them full-height. So goodbye, opportunity. Unless they see something in me that I don't, I wouldn't even think about it. Again, my agent just wasted her effort and my time. It was funny though that they had me fill up a firm and asking about my previous assignments, it would look impressive since they are big-named companies. But they just didn't know I was just an extra in all of them. Hehehe. Sneaky.

But I remember there was that one time I auditioned for the Korean drama. My training from school plays from my secondary school paid off since my impromptu skit apparently worked. The Korean producer actually selected me. He said I would appeal to the Korean viewers. Which was weird cuz when I finally watched the drama, I was hardly seen. A waste of displaying my acting skills. Hahaha. I don't why I had to go through an audition to be cast as an extra.

Yes, not many know that I do this once in a while. To keep my life less boring. To make me do something outside the things I normally do. No regrets. Being just an extra, it provides me a sneak preview of how it is behind those TV and print ads I see around me.