Aaron Marcus shares his audition strategy after booking a role on Gotham. He describes being tasered for a stunt in the episode "The Fearsome Dr. Crane" and explains how he researched the scene on YouTube and consulted the stunt coordinator to prepare safely.
Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus, and I want to share my new acting and modeling quick tip with you. So I recently worked on the television show Gotham. The episode was The Fearsome Dr. Crane, and I really wasn't able to tell you anything about it because I signed a non-disclosure agreement. But now that it aired, I can share more information with you. So in this particular episode, it was interesting. The part that I auditioned for and booked was the leader of a phobia group. Then they decided to cut out that character in the episode. But they were very nice. They liked my audition. They offered me another part, and I became a guy with a phobia— scared of pigs. And I get kidnapped. And so in this one, I get tasered and then thrown into a truck. And then, uh, well, anyhow, the important thing is, uh, I have never been tasered before, fortunately. And I had no idea what it would be like to get tasered. So fortunately with today's technology, it was great. I mean, I just went onto YouTube and it's pretty scary to see how many videos there are of people getting tasered, especially people who are tasering themselves. But it gave me a much, much clearer idea mechanically what happens to your body. Now for a lot of these, you know, they have people standing there catching you, like in the police department they were showing scenes. So there are 2 people on each side, Wasn't really all that helpful to me because I really needed to see someone who was kind of free-falling after getting tasered, but I did get that information. So anyhow, that was incredibly helpful to me. And then on the set, they had a stunt coordinator, and I made sure that we spent some time talking. We also talked about safety as well, because when I get tasered, I mean, I just collapse, and I wanted to make sure that I'm not getting hurt on the set, and we worked all that out. So the important thing is, if you are ever needing to show some kind of skill or something is happening that you've never experienced, hey, spend time on YouTube and just, you know, do some searches because you will get some tremendous information about that. And I tell you, it was incredibly helpful to me. I am Aaron Marcus. I hope this was helpful to you. If you're watching this on YouTube, please, you know, leave a little note saying you liked it. If you're watching this on my Facebook page, facebook.com/aaronmarcus, How to Model, please like it. And if you've ever had any experience with having to do research prior to a shoot, please leave that information below. I'd love to have you share it with me and with others as well. I'm Aaron Marcus, and I can't wait to talk with you again soon.
