Monday Myth Debunkers: A Self Tape Extension Means…

So the holidays have a us a little behind. Weโ€™re switching things up and coming in with a TUESDAY Myth Debunker. We promise itโ€™ll be a good one ๐Ÿ˜‡โ 
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Double-tap if youโ€™ve ever gotten a cmail notification only to be let down by another pesky self tape extension notice. โ 
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.โ 
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This was the audition you felt you nailed. โ 
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CLEARLY they must have extended the deadline because no one did it for them. โ 
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Right?โ 
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Most likelyโ€ฆ ๐—ช๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š.โ 
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There are so many reasons why casting might extend a self tape deadline and it had nothing to do with your line fumble. โ 
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Here are a few reasons we might extend the deadline that have absolutely nothing to do with you:โ 
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1. We didnโ€™t get as many tapes as we had hoped and just want to give more people a chance to tape.โ 
2. We decided to push our pitch to the creative team in hopes of including a few more choices.โ 
3. Weโ€™re waiting on a few certain people to tape who were specifically requested by execs.โ 
4. A few people needed an extension so we had to open the Ecocast back up for them (creating a notification for all).โ 
5. The self tape request came close to a holiday and we decided to extend it to give people a little more time.โ 
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None of this means you are ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต being included in the selection we are including to our creative team. โ 
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And most importantly, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ. โ 
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Itโ€™s just an extension. And most likely, some people needed more time and we havenโ€™t pitched yet so we gave it to them.โ 
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If you feel you did good work, chances are, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ. โ 
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Trust that, trust us, and trust the process.โ 
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