It was the most anticipated email I had ever received. I had waited for it throughout an entire summer; first for the reason of hoping I was the one to receive it, next because it took a while to pop up in my inbox. When it did, my life was wildly changed forever.
The second it happened, I printed out the pages and started reading in anticipation. It took two hours of slow reading, but it was gripping, exciting, gross, scary, and in some sense powerful. Not just the words but the very idea of it all.
Once I was done I would read it again this time highlighter in hand. It was a script. But not just any script, MY script. The one I would co-star in. The one that I would spend day and night thinking about, preparing for, working on for 4 weeks, and then thinking about more once it was all finished.
It was one of the best moments of my life. I read it over and over, and began writing notes. Things along the lines of what 'Molly' liked to eat, what she was thinking that the script wasn't telling us, who she really was. I researched Molly Monohan long enough, that I became her. Loved her. And was very sad when I had to leave her.
It was my first real role. It changed everything...
Just a girl, with a script, and a highlighter, setting out, to star in movies, and get a little fodder for the memoirs.
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