I managed to work as a background actor for Katy Perry’s new music video yesterday.  It was aweeeeesome.  When everyone was done shooting, Natalie, a girl I made friends with there, and I walked out of the church and we noticed the paparazzis waiting for Katy to come out.

“Why not take photos of me?” said Natalie.

“But you’re not Katy!” yelled one of the paparazzis, but he took photos of us anyway, along with the rest of the paparazzis taking photos and filming us posing, feeling like movie stars.

Haha it was rad.

I’m going to shoot again today. The scene is going to be entirely different from yesterday. Yesterday’s took place at a Christian church and today’s is going to be at a warehouse, and we have to dress in our new wave/retro outfits. It should be a fun experience!

PS – more photos in the flickr!

Update 12/10/08: I’ve noticed I’ve been getting a lot search engine referrals such as “Katy Perry music video Jack Nicholson” or “Is Jack Nicholson in Katy Perry’s Hot n’ Cold video?” lately and just to clear the air, a Jack Nicholson LOOK-A-LIKE was there, he is not the real Jack.  Here’s a photo I took with him:

I haven’t been writing much since I’ve been quite busy with acting…busy with acting. That actually felt sort of good to say that, but I had the worst of the worst day yesterday.

I have a small part for a horror film and I only have to say about 2-3 lines in the whole movie. Yesterday, the producer was really anal about everyone being on time at 6 o’ clock. So, being the responsible and reliable person I am, I arrived ten minutes early, but I later found out that they didn’t really need me at that time.

I was sitting there for over four hours doing absolutely nothing. Most of the actors and extras I was trying to converse with were not friendly people at all, so I just left without even filming. Worst four hours of my life. I’m not even sure if they even filmed at all on that day.

On a partially brighter side, last Thursday I went to audition for a popular cellphone company commercial that will air during a very special time. I will give out more specific information if I get the job. I would be really, extremely, completely and utterly happy if they cast me.

PREASE CAST ME!!!@!! PREASE!!!

And this is completely off topic but you really have to watch this. The comedian is Joy Koy, and he’s a hoot in this particular video. If you don’t think this is funny then I don’t know what is.

Some people are wondering if I’m actually pursuing acting since that other entry I wrote on taking risks.

…and yeah, I am. I’m not all talk.

It’s quite terrifying actually because, well first of all, I’m finally quitting my job on the 1st of July, which means I’m going to be dependent on my both my financial savings and paid acting gigs. Acting gigs are clearly way too unpredictable because you don’t always land a role. And second, I live 45 minutes away from LA, and gas, at the moment, is practically five bucks a gallon. That’s a lot. Because of distance, I’m very choosy and mostly hesitant of what I’m trying out for that’s located in LA.

I managed to book an audition tomorrow for an independent film. It’s going to be my first audition and I’ve never pissed so much piss in my sunflower shorts until now. I don’t know what to expect, I don’t know what to do, in fact, they don’t even know that I have absolutely zero amount of credible acting experience. They merely assumed that I have at least some knowledge, but they don’t have to know.

What momma don’t know won’t hurt her.

The good side is I landed a role on some other low-budget film, and as far as I’m concerned, I don’t have to audition since my part is very small and simple, and I’m only going to be there for two days. Meh. You have to start somewhere.

So there you have it. This is mainly what I’ve been stressing about for days. I actually haven’t told anyone about this, especially my family. It’ll be kept under wraps for now. So if anyone asks, say you don’t know shit!