Okay, so I've been keeping this inside since Monday, but now that it's over I can finally tell! (I didn't tell a soul except my family because I was afraid I'd jinx it.)

So, Monday I came home from school and my mom told me that my agent had called. I got really excited because it's generally good news when she calls. I thought it was an extra role, as usual. But no- it was for a speaking role in a new Luke Wilson movie! I was so excited when I heard this!!!

I was stressing over it, though, because there were a lot of problems. I tried to get my sides (script excerpts used during film auditions), but I needed a special password... which I didn't have. I had no headshots left, so my mom went to the agent's office to pick more up... and she didn't have any, either. A more trivial thing was that I couldn't find the shirt I wanted to wear anywhere.

Luckily, everything got sorted out. We had to pay $1 per page for the sides (bringing it to $6), but we got them. My mom and I decided that it wouldn't hurt to use my old headshots, of which I have a box-full (and I like better anyway). And when I clamly sorted through the clothes in my room, I found the specific shirt I was looking for.

I was so nervous for this- as it was my first ever audition for a specific film, I didn't know what to expect. I have an acting notebook where I put acting articles I like, audition tips (some from this site!), etc. Included are descriptions from many different people and books about film auditions. So I was reading them over and over again, trying to figure out what might happen. What I got from the articles was that there would be a short interview, followed by the filming of the scenes. I was still worried about whether I had to have the scenes memorized or not, though.

I didn't go to school today, which was a good choice because I had to sort out a lot of stuff and get everything ready. My dad and I left around ten this morning and got to the audition half an hour early, at 11:30.  We went in and waited in the waiting room. I was worried that they would be upset that I was there so early, but they weren't. They took me second, after another girl.

I went into the room with my headshot and the script. I handed the casting director my headshot and he saked me to stand on my mark. Thank God I took that film acting class, or I wouldn't ave known how to stand on a 'T' mark. So I took my place, he set up the video camera, and we started with the first scene. After we did that one, he stopped the tape and said, "That was really good!" He was equally enthusiastic about my other two scenes, even saying my last one was "perfect". He didn't give me direction to do it again, which I was a little disappointed by, but even so, I felt really good about the audition. It helped that he was a good partner, reading with enthusiasm.

I don't think I'll get a callback, let alone the part, because even though I'm the right age for the part, eighteen, I don't look it; I look like I'm about fourteen. Plsu, he didn't ask me to read again, so... we'll see. But it was still a really cool experience, and I hope to have MANY more like this!