Greetings, all!
I've only been to one look alike audition so far and was given a script of Ariel. I was not chosen, sadly. But since then I have worked for the company (Disney college program) and know more about what it takes to be a Disney character (having lived with two of them, Elsa and Bell,) and what it means to be a cast member, let alone spent time studying and preparing.
I'm going to attend the audition in Atlanta soon, and predict I will be scripted as Ariel again. So hypothetically speaking: here's what I'm concerned about.
Let's say that I make my audition and am cast as Ariel. I don't really know what goes on during official casting for these parts because I didn't make it that far and it's pretty hush hush, but how would someone like Ariel be evaluated?
See, I have "birth marks" spread out all over my chest, back, neck, shoulders, and abdomen (face too, but makeup eliminates them) - really they're scars due to three chickenpox outbreaks and two shingles outbreaks, (yes these things can happen multiple times in ones life, it's a rare condition) but over time they've just faded into looking like dark patches of skin, anywhere from as small as a simple acne scar to a mark as big as a pinky-finger nail. It also lends some unevenness to my skin, which tanning helps, but for my healths sake I don't tan on any kind of regular basis. I'm a bit pale, though, so I can imagine maybe tanning wouldn't be out of the question.
I'm very comfortable in my skin, but it does cause some concern. What do you think would happen? Do you think I would be snubbed from the part? Handed a different role? Would they somehow cover it up? I'm only asking because I have no idea and curiosity is killing me.
I've only been to one look alike audition so far and was given a script of Ariel. I was not chosen, sadly. But since then I have worked for the company (Disney college program) and know more about what it takes to be a Disney character (having lived with two of them, Elsa and Bell,) and what it means to be a cast member, let alone spent time studying and preparing.
I'm going to attend the audition in Atlanta soon, and predict I will be scripted as Ariel again. So hypothetically speaking: here's what I'm concerned about.
Let's say that I make my audition and am cast as Ariel. I don't really know what goes on during official casting for these parts because I didn't make it that far and it's pretty hush hush, but how would someone like Ariel be evaluated?
See, I have "birth marks" spread out all over my chest, back, neck, shoulders, and abdomen (face too, but makeup eliminates them) - really they're scars due to three chickenpox outbreaks and two shingles outbreaks, (yes these things can happen multiple times in ones life, it's a rare condition) but over time they've just faded into looking like dark patches of skin, anywhere from as small as a simple acne scar to a mark as big as a pinky-finger nail. It also lends some unevenness to my skin, which tanning helps, but for my healths sake I don't tan on any kind of regular basis. I'm a bit pale, though, so I can imagine maybe tanning wouldn't be out of the question.
I'm very comfortable in my skin, but it does cause some concern. What do you think would happen? Do you think I would be snubbed from the part? Handed a different role? Would they somehow cover it up? I'm only asking because I have no idea and curiosity is killing me.
