I’m Failing At Hollywood
I’ve been in LA now for over three years. By no means am I a local. But I’m learning my way around town and I officially don’t feel like a poser when I say things like: “the 101 is the worst” and “Fountain. Just take Fountain” and “Blue Palms. Go. Epic.”
Though trying to be an actor in LA (yes, this is that sort of blog) has offered its nice little challenges it has also offered me a lot of insight on why I’m writing a blog on a Monday night drinking wine alone and not, say, on set.
Today I finally saw a full length The Avengers trailer and it was the 2nd one. I know. It’s coming out in like a millisecond and I’m just now seeing it. Which wouldn’t be such a crime if I was living in any other city pursuing any other career, but since this is probably going to be a massive blockbuster and since I am an actor in LA, this is a crime. I would like to add, however, for someone who love movies and tv and basically all forms of entertainment I’m sort of out of the loop Super Hero Moviewise. It’s not that I don’t like them. (I do consider myself part of the nerd culture, but my nerdom does not come in comic book format. It’s more of within the SciFi/Joss Whedon/Doctor Who/Neil deGrasse Tyson paradigm.) But I always see them months after the hype on Netflix probably while doing something else. So all the hype and the build up and the pandemonium washes right off me.
And this is just one of many examples on why I’m writing this blog and not on set. This is why I’m Failing at Hollywood. It was today that I realized that the first Marvel/Paramount movie back in the early 2000s was the start up of the gear up to Summer 2012 and THE AVENGERS.
How did I miss that? It’s because I’m out of the loop. I’m a non-networking, non-Hollywoody actor in LA. I’m the actor that serves as a warning to other actors before they move to the City of Angels.
So, My Gentle Read, won’t you join me on my clusterfuckery crawl towards the red carpet?
It’ll be fun, depressing and truly invigorating.
And you’ll be able to say “I knew her when!”
