and the winner is...

audition went well. woke relaxed and reasonable refreshed. printed off the sections of script which i was involved in and read them through. basically 1 page of dialogue. just a cameo but hey i'd rather that than nothing.

found the venue easily enough. decent bunch of folk. usual friendly producer type, usual vaguely autistic director type, usual friendly - i'll be directing it really d.o.p. and the usual gaggle of actors whom you don't know if they're auditioning or cast already or merely hanging around.

had been given an old version of the script so pleased i didn't waste time learning it. got new version. scanned it. was introduced to my acting partner and then we're off. easy enough. playing officious bureaucrat - no acting required.

director offered me the part there and then and i'll be liasing with the producer with regard to my availability. nice to be wanted. slight replenishment of the somewhat depleted reservoir of self-esteem - nice.

on way home bumped into an old acting colleague. immediately bragged about getting the part and it equally immediately emerged that he was on his way to audition for the same part - crass. we're both man enough to openly acknowledge the gaff but in retrospect it's fucking obvious that's why he was in the area. anyway, i was up for one of two parts orginally so hopefully he'll get the other - we wouldn't be working together but it would be nice to share credits in the same film.

anyway, off now to polish my bureaucrat.