True story
I was browsing my old high school's alumni page tonight, out of sheer curiosity. A girl I went to school with in the vocal program (Carrie Zaruba) is currently in the American Idol finals running. The top 45. Neat. But anyway, as I was browsing the list of names, I remembered quite a funny anecdote.
So, during my junior year of high school, there was this truly terrible WB hourlong drama called "Young Americans." Wretchedly awful, infact. If it were not for the amazing genetic gifts of its cast, the show would not have made it past episode two to sputter out mid-season.
Remember that band Aqua? The ones who infected the world with that "Barbie Girl" song? They were slated to be on said show, but at the last minute, they pulled out. Considering I went to a high school for the performing arts, the producers called the principal and asked for "rock chick types" to audition for a singing/speaking roll in a pinch. I got pulled out of class mid-day, on a day I was wearing a shoulderless red top and my black rubber pants. I had blonde hair at the time, streaked with all sorts of crazy colors. So, along with about 5 other girls, we were whisked to Canton. To a small warehouse-type office building painted bright teal on the inside and decorated with giant, framed paintings of John Waters characters.
The little blurb called for a "Skandinavian hottie," one who wanted to have a brief tryst with a "foxy American boy" before boarding a plane back to Norway. No, I shit you not. Seriously, that was in there.
Anyway, I get into the auditioning room, and I'm given the script to read cold. I got about halfway through it before bursting into giggles. "What's the matter?" says they guy who was reading the male part. "This is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever read," I reply. Well. I didn't get the part.
My friend Naomi did, however, but by the time they got to shooting, they'd changed the part to a Californian film student and dyed her hair red. So, in a show of support, I tuned in. Well, as it turns out, the "she" referring to a masculine character named Jake was in fact, not a typo. It was Katherine Moennig, lately Shane of "The L Word," playing a girl pretending to be a boy. That show also featured Ian Somerhalder & Kate Bosworth. So, in short, fuck. I shouldn't have made fun of the terrible script. :)
For the records, there are screencaps of the show-version of that terrible, terrible scene here. The redhead is Naomi. :)
So, during my junior year of high school, there was this truly terrible WB hourlong drama called "Young Americans." Wretchedly awful, infact. If it were not for the amazing genetic gifts of its cast, the show would not have made it past episode two to sputter out mid-season.
Remember that band Aqua? The ones who infected the world with that "Barbie Girl" song? They were slated to be on said show, but at the last minute, they pulled out. Considering I went to a high school for the performing arts, the producers called the principal and asked for "rock chick types" to audition for a singing/speaking roll in a pinch. I got pulled out of class mid-day, on a day I was wearing a shoulderless red top and my black rubber pants. I had blonde hair at the time, streaked with all sorts of crazy colors. So, along with about 5 other girls, we were whisked to Canton. To a small warehouse-type office building painted bright teal on the inside and decorated with giant, framed paintings of John Waters characters.
The little blurb called for a "Skandinavian hottie," one who wanted to have a brief tryst with a "foxy American boy" before boarding a plane back to Norway. No, I shit you not. Seriously, that was in there.
Anyway, I get into the auditioning room, and I'm given the script to read cold. I got about halfway through it before bursting into giggles. "What's the matter?" says they guy who was reading the male part. "This is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever read," I reply. Well. I didn't get the part.
My friend Naomi did, however, but by the time they got to shooting, they'd changed the part to a Californian film student and dyed her hair red. So, in a show of support, I tuned in. Well, as it turns out, the "she" referring to a masculine character named Jake was in fact, not a typo. It was Katherine Moennig, lately Shane of "The L Word," playing a girl pretending to be a boy. That show also featured Ian Somerhalder & Kate Bosworth. So, in short, fuck. I shouldn't have made fun of the terrible script. :)
For the records, there are screencaps of the show-version of that terrible, terrible scene here. The redhead is Naomi. :)