🛑🛑🛑 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 🛑🛑🛑 You ready for this one? As much as you want to think you are “doing something wrong” in your acting career, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵. That’s not to say there ISN’T room to grow and learn and make choices that yield better results… But that overwhelming thought that creeps in late at night… the one that is extra loud when you find out the new girl in acting class just booked a TOS guest star role and …
Congrats! Getting a run-of-picture deal means you’ve booked a lead or a major supporting role and production needs you from start to finish. This means they’re going to pay you one lump sum for the entire shoot. This also means they expect you to be completely available for the “run of picture”—taking away your ability to accept other jobs during the shooting dates of the movie. Per union rules, a run-of-picture deal means you’ll be hired …
This might be one of our biggest myths to date. How boring would THAT be?! Before we debunk this myth, we want to clarify any “truth” there is to this: Yes, of course, over the years we will develop relationships and admiration for certain actors and will eagerly click on their photo when we see they are submitted for a role. But it is quite literally our job to know the work of as …