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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Claude Knowlton's new ! min Demo Reel
Here is my latest 1 min Demo Speed Reel....Let me know what you think!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Guest Starring on TNT "The Closer"
It was a pretty amazing last two weeks.... I had recently had a "General" with the casting Office of the TNT show "The Closer". I noticed a breakdown I was perfect for and a couple phone calls to my agent and there was an audition for me. The role was for a restaurant manager in his 30s which is perfect for me since I happen to work in a restaurant in Beverly Hills and have been serving the producers of the show for over a year.
None of them were in the room when I read but they had to view the tapes and approved and that's exactly what happened....connections do work, but one also has to deliver the goods and I did just that at my audition. I won't lie, I did get coaching from my acting teacher David Gray and felt very confident when I left his house.
The table read was amazing. It was then I realized my two co-stars were Elizabeth Perkins and Maggie Wheeler.
The day of shooting was a blast. I had a great time with the ladies and the crew and the entire experience of being on this show couldn't have been better.
Now it's time to book another job...
Claude Knowlton
None of them were in the room when I read but they had to view the tapes and approved and that's exactly what happened....connections do work, but one also has to deliver the goods and I did just that at my audition. I won't lie, I did get coaching from my acting teacher David Gray and felt very confident when I left his house.
The table read was amazing. It was then I realized my two co-stars were Elizabeth Perkins and Maggie Wheeler.
The day of shooting was a blast. I had a great time with the ladies and the crew and the entire experience of being on this show couldn't have been better.
Now it's time to book another job...
Claude Knowlton
Thursday, April 21, 2011
SAG films for free
Just joined Hollywood film society for 99$...it will get me and my man tons of film screening at Director's Guild !!!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
AXE Audition Yesterday
My agent calls me with the perfect audition for me. Here is what the breakdown called for:
AUTHENTIC FRENCHMAN. REAL TO ATTRACTIVE LOOKING, INTERESTING AND UNIQUE FACE. GREAT ACTOR, GOOD WITH DIALOGUE, COMEDY AND IMPROV. HE IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL, MODERN, SOPHISTICATED FRENCHMAN. HE IS NOT A MODEL, BUT IS GOOD LOOKING, HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, EXUDES CHARISMA AND CHARM, AND IS LOADED WITH CONFIDENCE AND SEX APPEAL. THINK GERARD DEPARDIEU OR ADRIEN BRODY.**MUST HAVE GREAT HAIR. Wardrobe:STYLISH SUIT, NO TIE
Hello????? That is so for me right?
Then, he tells me there is a backstory online about the character,
The story goes on and on about "GUY" a Frenchman who grew up surrounded by beautiful women in Paris and his mother had a hair salon and he became a hair model.etc... then it goes on about his conquest to teach men about LOVE and Hair Styles...very funny and very long back story for a "30 sec spot" but I read it about four times and felt good that I could play this "Guy" no problem.
I asked my agent if there were "Sides" and he adviced me to get there early and there might be "Sides".
I hadn't shaved in three days,my hair is the perfect length right now, so I put on my Black Hugo Boss suit, an open very well presses white shirt and my shiniest of shoes and do my hair the best I can.
I felt really confident about this audition. I get there and indeed they were "Sides". I take them,do not sigh-in and get back in my car working on the sides over and over....
I can't tell you how much the back story helped me to be in the shoes of this character. I got back up there and the Casting Director asks me to first slate, and then improvise about who "GUY" is, and what is he doing in America etc... So I started with my French accent and sometimes I even spoke in French and the Casting director was elated!
I then did the dialogue given to me and killed it.
The spot is about a kid holding flowers on his way to pick up a girl and GUY sees him with his bad hair. He tells him he needs a hair make-over and give him the AXE Smooth and Sophisticated bottle and help him style his hair...
The Casting Director said he really enjoyed my performance...yeah!!!
They were a couple guys there wearing jeans,had not read the back story and didn't get there early to pick up the sides....Always get to your audition 1 hour early if you can!!!! Things always change!!!
Callbacks are not till the 1st of December ...wish me luck!!!!
Hello????? That is so for me right?
Then, he tells me there is a backstory online about the character,
The story goes on and on about "GUY" a Frenchman who grew up surrounded by beautiful women in Paris and his mother had a hair salon and he became a hair model.etc... then it goes on about his conquest to teach men about LOVE and Hair Styles...very funny and very long back story for a "30 sec spot" but I read it about four times and felt good that I could play this "Guy" no problem.
I asked my agent if there were "Sides" and he adviced me to get there early and there might be "Sides".
I hadn't shaved in three days,my hair is the perfect length right now, so I put on my Black Hugo Boss suit, an open very well presses white shirt and my shiniest of shoes and do my hair the best I can.
I felt really confident about this audition. I get there and indeed they were "Sides". I take them,do not sigh-in and get back in my car working on the sides over and over....
I can't tell you how much the back story helped me to be in the shoes of this character. I got back up there and the Casting Director asks me to first slate, and then improvise about who "GUY" is, and what is he doing in America etc... So I started with my French accent and sometimes I even spoke in French and the Casting director was elated!
I then did the dialogue given to me and killed it.
The spot is about a kid holding flowers on his way to pick up a girl and GUY sees him with his bad hair. He tells him he needs a hair make-over and give him the AXE Smooth and Sophisticated bottle and help him style his hair...
The Casting Director said he really enjoyed my performance...yeah!!!
They were a couple guys there wearing jeans,had not read the back story and didn't get there early to pick up the sides....Always get to your audition 1 hour early if you can!!!! Things always change!!!
Callbacks are not till the 1st of December ...wish me luck!!!!
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