Chuck the Egyptian Warrior

Had filming for a commercial for Georgia Coffee today in which I got to play an ancient Egyptian. It was funny because originally, I was offered an audition to play a boxer in a different part of this commercial (which paid 4 times more) but 30 minutes before I was supposed to leave for the studio, a massive thunderstorm rolled in, and flooded the train tracks, so I couldn’t go. I ended up waiting for hours. Guess it wasn’t in God’s plan for me to make it that day. In any event, as a function of the fact that I couldn’t make it to the part that I was supposed to audition for, my agency just threw me into another segment as an extra. As such, Chuck became a bare-chested Egyptian warrior instead. Should be an interesting commercial.


Anyway, the studio was ginormously large, and it was the first shooting I’ve ever been too where they actually had a cooler full of assorted ice cream bars (in additional to the usual drinks and snacks) that we could help ourselves too. It was a fascinating shoot, because they actually had an American team directing it, and it was the first time in my career that I’ve ever been able to understand every word that the director was saying. (whether he was talking to me or not). Fascinating. It made me wonder if it would wig me out to work on an American production where I could actually understand everything that everyone is saying…