Crowds of hopeful actors, young and old, flocked to The Pleasance on 5 March, to show us their best moves as Jazz, Wolf, Lauren, Vicki, Uncle Jimmy and Edison Bolt. We were extremely impressed by the turnout of nearly 100 enthusiastic potential stars - and blown away by the dedication shown by some who travelled hundreds of miles to be at the audition. Particular respect goes to Joseph Brennan, who auditioned for the role of Edison (and did a very creditable American accent), who travelled up on the overnight bus from London and was planning to travel back the same way that very night. There were people from lots of different backgrounds, with varying levels of experience, from total novices to thoroughbred actors, but there were certainly a few whose readings got us really excited. I've been slowly working my way through the audition tapes and our notes from the day and will have contacted everyone with our thoughts by the end of the week. Hopefully we'll be putting some clips of the highlights of the day up on the website very shortly.The photo above of Arron Usher is courtesy of the Edinburgh Evening News, who showed up to find out what all the fuss was about and to interview the production team and some of those waiting to audition. They took some embarassing photos of Ellen, Dave, Scott and Rich standing in formation like Bucks Fizz or something, but thankfully went with this fab photo of Arron flying over the Pleasance in a Superman T-shirt instead.
Following the success of the open audition, and the phenomenal response from around the world (we've had interest from actors based in the US, China, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and even Australia), we've also decided to launch a virtual audition process:
Just contact us through the website or on electricmanmovie@googlemail.com and let us know what part you want to audition for. We'll send you back a short piece of script and the rest is up to you. Enlist your friends to help, get your mum to hold the camera, use props or just the power of your imagination and give it your best shot. Then post the result on youtube and send us the link (or alternatively send us the file). We'll be creating playlists of the best auditions on our youtube channel, where you can also check out the opposition!
It's so exciting to start seeing the film come to life.
In other news, Electric Man will be at the Hi-Ex Comic Convention in Inverness. Come and say hello to Dave and Scott who'll be at the stall with all sorts of Electric Man artwork, t-shirts and some limited edition prints. They'll also be collecting pocket change from all you comic fans who want to see this movie made - every little counts!
Also on the horizon is the special investors night, which we'll be holding on April 13 at Blue in Edinburgh. This event is by invitation only, and will feature some exclusive Electric Man footage!
