MasterCard's looking for Asian-Americans for its new commercial.
MasterCard was looking for Asian-American actors for a new "Priceless" commercial they are filming. Auditions were held in Landmark Building C at the Fort Mason Conference Center in San Francisco. They were looking to cast an Asian mother, father, and an 18-22 year old Asian male with long hair! According to the flyer, they were paying $$$$$$$$$$$$ for the part!
Despite Randy and Rae's insistence that I no longer looked like a freshman — no doubt blinded by the dollar signs — I went to the audition Saturday afternoon. There were dozens of young Asian males in the waiting room, most of whom didn't have long hair at all! There were a few true families (the mom, dad, and son came to the audition) but more make-believe families (ones that the casting people put together). I was paired up with Flora, Hai-Ning, and my "brother" Vincent.
Vincent was trying to describe his major at Stanford as being a mix of computer science and psychology. Hah! I told him excitedly, "So... you're a Symbolic Systems student!" Class of 2003, meet Class of 1997!
It was funny when the casting people told a Asian guy with short, spiky hair that his hair was too short. They also told this very late-30's, early 40-year old that he was too old for the part of the 18-year old! I laughed then, but I wasn't laughing when the lady behind the camera — after I had filmed my slate and takes — said that I did look youthful for 29 years, but older than a college freshman.
Dispirited, my hopes weren't dashed immediately though. I still held out for the chance that the casting director and clients would be amazed by my test shots enough to call me back for the shoot. Alas, it's 4:27 pm on June 10th, the day they said they would call back for the next round. Ah well, there's always next time!
Afterwards, Rae and I drove back to the South Bay to attend Levi and Vanessa's housewarming party in Sunnyvale. Met up with Jason Chen, a fellow Canon DSLR owner and friend of Mike "the Tiger" Tanaka. We had our June 2004 COBA meeting last night. I didn't take a single photo during the evening, mainly because (1) I was giving one of the presentations, and (2) it was really dark during the second presentation!
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hey adam,
29 - your still a youngster.'
larry--posted by larry @ Thursday, June 10 2004, 17:24 pm PDT
I stumbled upon your site and clicked around out of boredom, but I must admit I enjoyed it. good humor.
RED--posted by Adam Anderson @ Sunday, June 13 2004, 6:40 am PDT
Wow ... I saw that advert but already had a prior commitment. :P
At least I can live high off the royalty cheques I get from the Jaguar commercial shoot.
Haha! :)--posted by pjammer @ Tuesday, June 15 2004, 20:45 pm PDT
Hi Adam:
So did you make the cut? Nice headshot by the way. well, I moved to Houston... drop me an email will ya?
E--posted by Elaine Hom-Schumacher @ Wednesday, June 16 2004, 7:54 am PDT
Elaine: I didn't make the cut (neither did my family, apparently). Next time!
--posted by Adam @ Wednesday, June 16 2004, 12:33 pm PDT
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