Movie producers are often very detailed in the roles they want for movies, and when they advertise for auditions they put out ads looking for specific heights, ethnicities, body types, etc.
I can only assume that for the above mentioned role (and the many other similar roles throughout Hollywood), the audition description mentioned something about an overweight and/or funny looking kid. What I can’t figure out, is what parent (who I assume act as some sort of manager for their child actors) would see a an audition call looking for an obese crater-face, and immediately think that their child would fit the role perfectly? Maybe I am just naive, but I would think that parents see their child as beautiful no matter what they look like, especially at that age. Not to mention, but wouldn’t the role destroy an already fragile confidence of a child when they have to read and memorize lines which confirm all of their insecurities?
i agree that playing a role like that will destroy your confidence. on the flip-side, the paycheck one recieves afterwards probably more than makes up for being called a fatass.
ReplyDeletei'd let anyone call me a fat ugly crater face if i was getting paid to be called a fat ugly crater face :p
Do you know? I ask myself this question literally every time I watch a movie. Especially the ones where there's that one guy that is always the pudgy unattractive one. Like, who gets a script to play a character that is like the ugly one that no one likes and is like "oh yeah, this is totally for me"? I also think that every time I watch the show "Ugly Betty"
ReplyDeleteI think a really good parent would be able to pull this off and even possibly improive a kids confidence. I have thought about this before as well. In 'Bruno' the movie they kind of make fun of this idea by pushing it to the extreme and asking parents if their kids will be part of some pretty strange roles.
ReplyDeletecheck out Bruno when you're back on the continent. he's got a great scene on this topic
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