Quench Your Thirst!

Well, the Sprite commercial has finally appeared online...and unless you've been in a theater in Ireland lately (it's one of those long-ish commercials you see before movies now...but only shown in Ireland), then you probably haven't seen it. Until now:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLtC4k5uyHg

(sorry, they disabled embedding, so I can't post the video directly here...but you can still click the link to see the video on YouTube)

The guy with the rocking sideburns and the green shirt getting sprayed in the face with a Sprite bottle? Yep, that's me. Goodbye artistic integrity, hello modest stipend. It's official, I'm a corporate whore sell-out...and I'd gladly shill for your company as well.

Oh, I just remembered -- this isn't Sprite's first foray into blaxploitation comedy. Remember that little doll from a couple of years ago? Personally, I think ours is much better.

Anyhow, that's my first (and only, so far) foray into legitimate (I use the term loosely) acting work. It's nice, more because I can boast to other people that I did a Sprite commercial...not mentioning that it was for a non-union overseas distribution.

As to what I'm really doing? Well...here's clip 2 of Tyler's Background Acting Extravaganza:

Background Work





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Little bits of trivia:

House
* Hugh Laurie didn't walk around set with a limp...but he did speak with his "American Accent" the entire time.
* In the shots of them bowling towards the camera, there were a couple of unlucky crewmen tasked with the responsibility of catching each ball after the actor threw it -- so they could synch the sound up correctly.
* The bar scene was shot in the Bowling Alley's bar (even though it appeared much later in the episode).
* As I was getting into my car at the parking lot, Hugh Laurie walked by me and I said "Good night" to him, and he replied, "Good night." Sans English accent...
* Filmed at the Bay Shore Lanes in Santa Monica.

CSI:NY
* The flying shot was accomplished using a crane with a long extending arm -- the footage was then sped up in post-production. I was told to make sure I "Got the hell out of the way" as the camera was approaching...much quicker than you might imagine.
* The girl I was talking to was terrible at blackjack.
* All the dealers were actual experienced casino dealers.
* The day I filmed this, I waited a record (for me) 8 hours before I actually filmed my first scene. That was 8 hours of getting paid to read a book.