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So I am so pumped right now. I just got an email from the director of ‘Route 1’ asking me to play a lead role in the privately funded TV pilot that I auditioned for last week. It is going to be filmed on HD and the locations will be in parts of Maine and Massachusetts. I just got the full script and it looks really great, and very funny. I think this one is going to be very cool. Another thing that I am excited about with this project is that I am cast in a starring role. This show revolves around the crazy adventures of these two friends, and I am one of the friends. Getting a lead role is hard for me simply because people just don’t write that many scripts where the lead character is a short heavy guy; people with my body type usually can only expect to play minor and major supporting roles most times. This is why Danny Devito is my hero because he broke through that barrier and moved into leading roles, and he is even 4 inches shorter than I am. Some other actors who have had starring roles even though they did not fit the cookie cutter leading man body type are: Michael J Fox 5’4.5”, Peter Falk 5’6” and a Glass Eye, Joe Pesci5’5”, Robert Blake 5’4”, Dudley Moore 5’2”. I love the internet, it so easy to find information on any subject even short actors.
‘Tis all for now.
Hey, Don, CONGRATULATIONS!! That is so freaking awesome! Wonderful! Way to go! Party!
Comment by iziezi — April 25, 2006 @ 5:55 am
congratulations…you must be very excited.
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Comment by marsha — April 25, 2006 @ 7:26 pm
Very cool! I’m really happy for you. This is a big break. I understand about the limited roles for actors that fall into a certain type. I have the height for lead roles but I always felt my ethnicity limited me to getting arrested on cop shows. I started writing the low budget screenplay. Should take a few months but I’ll get it done. Good work Don.
Comment by Ricardo — April 26, 2006 @ 2:07 pm
Good for you Don! You’ve got the right idea — be so danged good that they have to cast you, regardless of what the typical look would be! Congrats!
Comment by Trevor — April 26, 2006 @ 6:10 pm
Thanks for the happy words guys! I am pretty psyched, can’t wait to get to work on this one.
Thanks,
Don
Comment by Don — April 26, 2006 @ 8:16 pm
Big congrats on the role! That’s awesome.
Don’t forget Paul Giamatti. Definitely not the leading man type. Or Richard Dreyfuss. Or me. Not that I’ve gotten the leading man role recently.
Comment by Chris Benham — April 26, 2006 @ 11:45 pm
Congratulations!
Sounds like an interesting project and a great opportunity for you!
Comment by StnkBll — April 27, 2006 @ 7:30 am
WAH! So cool Donnie! That is so excellent! I am very excited for you and I look forward to hearing about the whole process! Congratulations!!!
(and thanks for the kind words over on my blog. xoxo)
:-)
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Comment by denkiva — April 27, 2006 @ 11:40 am
Congrats to the role
Keep it up 
Comment by christa — April 29, 2006 @ 12:38 pm
this is good. this is SO very very good. how wonderful an opportunity! congrats, don!
Comment by magickat — May 8, 2006 @ 9:53 pm
[…] Also I have heard from the director/writer of Route 1 and except for one minor hitch (they won’t be using HD but 24p instead), everything else is going along smoothly and he told me things with getting the union squared away are going good. […]
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