Today we had an audition with an actor from the website Casting Call Pro named James Scanlan. Fortunately for us, he lives in Sheffield, and so was readily available for us to interview and assess. We chose James because he had a decent showreel, and looked quite different from the other actors that were available. On top of this, he has quite an innocent expression on his face at most times, which is something I think gives the part a tongue in cheek feel to it. At the same time, this innocence emphasises Edward Muscare's inability to control the tics and outbursts that we will witness.
I feel that for a very first performance, and considering he'd only been given the script a day or two before the rehearsal, James pulled off a good performace. Of course, he will need to revise the script a lot more between now and shoot and will need to be more wild, so to speak, with his mannerisms.
Things I will need to improve with James about his performance:
How natural the dialogue flows - At the moment it seems quite forced. This may require the script to be revised.
Make the tics more over the top - Give them a real edge, and concentrate on how genuine Tourette's Sufferers move and sound.
How well he can fit the tics into the dialogue, whilst keeping a steady flow - As I mentioned before, I enjoyed how the sufferers carried on their original sentence without missing a breath, whenever one of their tics forced their way out.
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