Actor Meme!

[killsfengshui.livejournal.com]

It's Transmigration 9 Studios. No, the name doesn't make any sense, except that the owner, Stacy, has owned eight studios before this and they've all crashed and burned. Which feels so great for the actors and their sense of job security, let me tell you.

As soon as they're done with their scenes, the characters stop playing their roles and make it real. The scripts are tossed aside, and they can relax now that the cameras are off of them.

What does this mean? Well, perhaps Billy is an actual college graduate, who is disgusted with the scientific inaccuracies and techspeak mumbo-jumbo of his character. Perhaps Kang is a fit Japanese man in a rubber dragon suit. Maybe Renne is a former theater actor that speaks with a posh English accent? Who knows, perhaps Nehaa is a conservative Catholic who finds her role as a stripperiffic space goat horrifying! And it might an ongoing joke off-screen that Leon can't fight for shit, Steve's actor stands in for him during action scenes.

Just roll with it, guys, it's better than my first idea of the night.

Comments

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

"Maybe so, but it's not enough," Big!Einhart said. "I mean, I know this is only for fight scenes, but couldn't they have let me get in on some of them? I've had one that wasn't training, and it was STILL against Vivio. It's like Einhart only exists in relation to Vivio!"

[fulltinyalchemy.livejournal.com]

"True." Ed let out a gust of annoyance. "This sucks though. Both of us are getting shafted for roles and stuff. I had a good thing in Broadway. Five curtain calls... I was an ACTOR damnit." And he pitched his cup into the nearby garbage can.

He sighed. "I can't blame Ben though. He landed that Alien Force/Swarm/Ultimate gig with CN and look at him. My series was over years ago and all I do now is guest stars on this show. Oh don't call us, we'll call you."

The last was said with a slightly bitter cant to his tone. Even the Brotherhood job felt half-done to him.

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart shook her head. "God, that really sucks that you're over here dealing with this. At least I didn't have awesome acting jobs before this. I'm surprised that thing with Ben isn't still going on though. That looked pretty much at the "Harry Potter" level of "you're set for life.""

[fulltinyalchemy.livejournal.com]

"I know. He's always joking that he'll burn out as soon as it's over but eh, CN has a hold on him right now." He managed a slightly tired smile. "At least I still get residuals from the fanworks."

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but even if he does the amount of money he should have is pretty staggering, right?" Einhart said.

[fulltinyalchemy.livejournal.com]

"True. He gives a lot to charity though, since he was a kid actor from a hard life," remarked Ed. "I do too, but it's harder to do so lately since I haven't had a decent role for a while. I'm practically on commission here."