OMG casting moment.

Originally posted on September 12, 2011

 

Back in my early assistant days, I had the opportunity to help cast porn stars for the series I worked on. One of the characters on the series was watching porn in a scene and we had to cast the actors for that film within a film. Two girls, and one guy, if memory serves correct. Sounds fun, right?

One of my first OMG casting moments happened when a male porn star asked me to pick which headshot to give the producers. The producer’s assistant’s desk was right outside the audition room and the assistant was sitting at it, so she got to help pick as well. The actor set out four or five photos for us to choose from, all of them showcasing his major asset, if you know what I mean. If my face looked anything like the assistant’s did, I don’t know how the actor managed to keep a straight face. I quickly pointed to one of the pictures, pretending to be unfazed by the whole thing, and took him into the room. When I came back out, the assistant's jaw was still on the floor.

Little did I know, this would be NOTHING compared to the things I would encounter in the years to come. But I’ll save those stories for another day.