Doing my part to help the casting selection

David emailed me last week and said that he wanted Amy to do a videotape audition for the lead role of Dr. Beckett in the movie. Dr. Beckett is the only female character in Dead Men Walking and it would be a pretty high-profile role for her. On the other hand, final casting decisions were to be made this past Monday, so it may be that David just wanted her audition on hand for future reference, to go with the headshot we sent a few weeks ago.

So we sat down and shot one of the final dialogue scenes, with me reading "Johnny"'s lines off camera. I came to realize that while some of the dialogue in the movie is very good, there are some very clunky lines as well. I'm hoping that the director, Leigh, gives the actors a little room to improvise. I certainly wouldn't want to be stuck reading some of that and trying to make it sound believable...

On the other hand, there are some real gems in there too...