11.20.09 SECRET TO A GOOD AUDITION: BRING A BEAR
(Yes, the bear eats the script. I’m hard right now.)
Comedian T.J. Miller twice unsuccessfully auditioned for a part in the Yogi Bear movie, but thanks to this video audition he sent in, he scored the biggest casting coup since “Hey, Malkovich, think fast!”
What better way to win the role of Ranger Jones in the Yogi Bear movie than to audition with a bear? That’s exactly what comedian T.J. Miller decided to do after auditioning twice and still feeling like he needed that extra something to rise to the top. Actually, T.J. made the video with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts as a joke, but it got into the hands of Barry M. Meyer, chairman of Warner Bros., who enjoyed it while most likely chortling loudly through a thick cloud of cigar smoke [and later offered Miller the role]. [ScreenJunkies/TheApiary]
I’m not sure how talented Miller is, but that bear is a star! His ad lib grunts are so perfect, you forgive the fact that he keeps eating the script. I’ve heard the same thing happens with Kathleen Turner. I kid, I kid. But seriously, more actors should try this. For one thing, because bears are awesome, and for another, there’d be a few less starving actors in Hollywood. And a few more full bears.
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SECRET TO A GOOD AUDITION: BRING A BEAR
Michael Rappaport should have taken this approach when auditioning for Deep Blue Sea.
That’s no bear. That’s Nic Cage method acting.
The Mighty Feklahr understands Michelle Owen’s audition tape for Huckleberry Hound was interesting…
Get it? TJ and the Bear? HOLY SHIT HE’S HILARIOUS!
*sticks dick in light socket*
I feel like other people don’t enjoy bears as much as I do. It’s a shame.
‘The bear ate my script’ is the new ‘the dog ate my homework’
If my name was “TJ” I’d be hanging around with hookers, not bears.
New? Tom Cruise has been using that excuse for a decade.
The closest I’ve been to a bear is this Honey Bear bong.
*exhales bong rip*
I enjoy Bears the most when they’re throwing five interceptions against the Niners.
I’ve also heard that the secret to a good audition is to get bare.
Pauly, I’m thinking you should’ve gone with “prostitutes” and let your audience make the intuitive leap. Other than that, spot on!
Secret to a good audition (female):
Take your fucking clothes off.
Lince, He just doesn’t want to phag up the board when you post cool/cute animals, but He is right there with you.
Did you know that Boo Boo Bear is gonna be played by an aborted bear fetus? :(
Aparently bam bam also used this tape for his audition as the jew bear passing as a nazi at the end.
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