An up and down month

I`ve been feeling kind of out of sync the past few weeks. I had to turn down featured background roles on Blue Bloods and a new show called The 2-2 because of scheduling issues. The new one will hopefully call again soon, but Blue Bloods was pretty frusterating because it took a year and a half to finally get a call from them. I really hope it doesn`t take that long to hear from them again. But both are very minor compared to the experience I had with a movie called Thanks For Sharing.

Thanks For Sharing is a new film by the writer of The Kids Are Alright, starring Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Gweneth Paltrow. Much of the film centers around a support froup the two male leads belong to. I was cast in a highly featured role as one of the other men in the group. It is a very small group, so I was sure to get a lot of screen time, and it was very likely that I could have been given a line at some point. Especially since the director is also the writer. But unfortunately, I was out of town right before the shoot, and was not able to get a flight back in time. I tried every possible flight, but they were all full. So I had to call and cancel. It was so upsetting! I did get used again in a much smaller, less featured role, but it was little consolatation. I did still get to work with Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins though, so that was good. And they were both extremely nice guys!

On to more positive things, I did get to work on a couple other movies. The new Steve Carrell/Meryl Streep/Tommy Lee Jones movie, Great Hope Springs. Steve wasn`t in the scene, unfortunately, but the other two were. I played a passenger on an airplane. I also did a film called Gods Behaving Badly. It has a great cast, lead by Christopher Walken.

Heather has had some luck lately too! She did background on some Indian film with a woman who is apparently the biggest actress in Bollywood. It was an interesting experience. She also did an industrial for United Airlines, which was a great gig for her! She finished her last improv class this week, and we`re looking forward to the next!