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

[neverwastenaya.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I know," Tenaya answered. "But just watch. All of a sudden? Girly love influx. You know Gwen's actress, right? Last show she did, her character had a boyfriend and was happy. Next thing she knows, her character's hooking up with another guy's girlfriend. Something about the shock value. And before that, she was some kind of magical girl who had girly love vibes with her archenemy. I got lucky that it was pretty faint hinting for me in my last part, but the girl they hinted for me? Poor thing had it happen to her for at least two other girls, and all in the same episode too, all while she's supposed to be trying to hook up with one of the main boys."

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart sighed, palming her face. "Oh, just great. Just great. I'll probably get a bigger part as an 'older sexy clone' or there throw in timetravel to justify it when that starts happening then."

Einhart blinked. "On the other hand, I'll have more screentime and get paid more."

[neverwastenaya.livejournal.com]

"Or sweetie disappears to time out or something for a few episodes, and she comes back all grown up," Tenaya added. "But they'll probably save that for when she starts getting a little older. It's why they had to nix my 'younger self' showing up for that one episode. She did such a great job in the audition and everything, but it just kept getting pushed back with scheduling problems, and the next thing we knew, she had a growth spurt."

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart shook her head. "God, I'd hate to see what they'd use to justify that. And that sucks for the kid."

[neverwastenaya.livejournal.com]

"I know," Tenaya agreed. "And she's so good! I've worked with her before. She's a little shy, but she's so good!"

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

"Maybe she'll get luckly and they'll give her her own character?"

[neverwastenaya.livejournal.com]

"I hope so," Tenaya said. "Just like I hope your mini-me has a lot more parts coming her way after this. And hopefully without the crazy writers and directors."

[hegemonstratos.livejournal.com]

Einhart nodded. "Yeah, definitely. She's really good, so she should be able to get other roles easily enough."