Look Out Hollywood

There are things I know I am good at and things I know I am not good at.

Film acting is one thing that I know I am not good at. Perhaps I can follow this up by saying "yet" but as it stands it is just not something I excel at. I am at peace with it, having never been in love with the medium anyway. A big, ol' stage actor I am and that is okay with me.

Now, this hasn't stopped our new friend Daniel from asking me to play the lead role in his next short film. Daniel plays Leon's brother in River Street and gets a huge thumbs up from both of us. There is nothing I wouldn't do for this guy - I like him that much. So, when he asked me to be in his film, I couldn't say no. I warned him, though, about my lack of talent. It hasn't seemed to faze him...and so it seems that I will be filming a very dark and twisty love story in the next few weeks. And then it will be there...permanently recorded forever. It isn't even an easy role...it's full of that layered acting stuff that is needed in the telling of dark and twisty love stories.

I am totally terrified.

Perhaps I will post in on my blog when it is complete. If it is okay. If it isn't totally embarrassing. Or, who knows, maybe it will even be pretty good? Perhaps it will go to film festivals and I will win acting awards and the next thing you know I will be cast in the next season of One Tree Hill???!!?

Certainly a lack of talent can't be THAT big of an issue?

It never seemed to affect Keanu.