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So I've got some news... I didn't get the priceline commercial. I was pretty bummed about it but I realized that in showbiz anything goes and you can never predict what's going to happen. Today I went to Samuel French Bookstore (the place where all the actors in Hollywood go to pick up acting books and different guides) to buy a book of monologues because this weekend I am going to an open audition for a new movie that is a remake of the old Kung Fu series starring David Carradine. I will be demonstrating martial arts and a 1 minute monologue. I have the martial arts part down already but the monologue needs to be worked on!

Anyways... on my way to the bookstore I got a call from Donald Pemrick, a casting director at Pemrick Fronk Casting. I saw him almost 2 weeks ago when I auditioned for Kamen Rider. Since I hadn't heard anything I assumed I didn't get the part. Today he told me that I got a part on the show! I will be filming sometime in mid to late december. I cannot tell you how excited I am. It's not official yet because my agent and manager need to finalize the contract but I just wanted to share with you guys! THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!!!

Have a great weekend everyone and I will keep you posted!

Update

Okay so here's the update since getting back from MN. It was GREAT seeing all of you at Excel. It really made our weekend that you guys would take time out of your weekend to come see us! Thank you all!

Monday I had my callback for Priceline. Wow.. what an experience. I got there and there were already about 10 people there practicing their moves outside. Some of the top martial artists in the world were there. The guys from Sideswipe (of america's got talent fame) were all there and a few other working stuntmen in Hollywood were there as well. Our job was to learn a short fight scene to perform in front of the casting directors. When it was my turn to show my stuff, I went into a SMALL room with a camera and a table with 4 very important looking people waiting to see how i would do. Talk about nerve racking. I have performed for over 10,000 before but that's nothing compared to the pressure of a big budget commercial callback. I nailed my fight scene and they seemed very pleased. I left the callback with no regrets knowing that I did my absolute best. Now I await a call to find out if I booked it. If I didn't I won't hear anything at all. The hardest part is waiting and being at the mercy of the "suits" that make the final call. Sometimes it comes down to the smallest of details. Hopefully I have the right look for the commercial. It's wednesday and usually by now I would have heard something so I am assuming that I didn't get it but I can't be sure of that until Friday because the commercial starts shooting on Monday.

Today I worked on a student film for a few hours as "scorpion" from mortal kombat for a short greenscreen scene that I filmed with a friend of mine that was "sub zero". After that I went straight to a taco bell audition. I have always wanted to audition for a taco bell commercial and I got my chance today! It was a lot of fun and the commercial will end up being really funny.

Lemays- thanks so much for the kind words. It's always uplifting and motivating to read comments like yours!

More to come everyone :)

Home sweet home

We're back in MN. We are relaxing in Mora with Mrs. Moh's family. It's very nice to see them again. Tomorrow we head back to the twin cities to visit some friends. On sunday we'll be at Excel working with the demo team. If you're around please stop in around 4pm and say hi!

The waiting game

Audition went great. I am doing my best to forget about it so I don't work myself into a nervous wreck.... FORGOTTEN. okay. We're heading home tomorrow. Excited to go back. I hope you all have a great thanksgiving and i hope i see some of you while we're there!

Wow.

Okay. So i had the priceline commercial audition today. It went GREAT. I heard they are seeing over 200 martial artists for the roles so I am crossing my fingers for a callback.

I got an unexpected call this afternoon from a casting office that wants to see me tomorrow afternoon for an audition.... for a TV show!! This is the show I was hoping to get a chance to audition for. It's called Kamen Rider and it's a darker version of power rangers. This show is going to be airing evenings on cartoon network. I am just excited that I have an audition, I am not expecting anything out of it but it would be awesome to be on it!

WISH ME LUCK :)

Moh-mentum

Hey everyone, sorry for the long delay. I have been very busy with work among other things. I think I have started to gain a little momentum out here in Los Angeles. I am making a lot of great connections through people I meet at XMA that are working actors, stuntpeople, and directors and stunt coordinators. I have been teaching a lot at XMA and I almost forgot how much I love teaching martial arts and working with people. Although the XMA studio is pretty cool, the students at Excel can never be beaten out in my mind. I wish I could still work with all of the excel students!

I had an audition for a cars.com commercial that was looking for a "karate guy". It sounded perfect but they needed someone tall so I don't think I didn't get a callback. However on Monday I am auditioning for a priceline.com commercial where they need real Taekwondo martial artists. That should be a good audition for me. I will be working on a student film as Scorpion from the mortal kombat game in a short fight scene in a comedy. That should be pretty fun because it will be done in front of a green screen.

I have also started work on the movie "The Legend of Zu" that will start filming in January. I have been helping the cast with some martial arts training and the director of the film is possibly going to use me for another film he's doing next month. The Legend of Zu is a non-union film but the other one he's doing is a union film so he said he might be able to "Taft-Hartley" me into the screen actors guild (SAG- "The Union"). That just means that the director can write a letter on my behalf to join SAG, which can take many actors years and years of trying to do. If that happens it would be a GREAT thing!

Richelle is rockin' and rolling at her job. She is heading to London for work in a few weeks. Luckily she gets to go with her dad so she won't be alone like she was in China a few weeks back. We are so excited to finally head back home to MN together. I know that a lot of you will be out of town but if you're in town we will be at Excel all day working with the demo team so please stop in and say hi! Stevens and Hornilla family we are so bummed we'll miss you guys. We hope you guys have a great break!

Tickets Booked!

Okay, we weren't sure of it but now we have booked tickets. We will both by back for thanksgiving! I know a lot of you will be gone but it was the only time before Christmas that we could make it.

Sometimes it goes well, and sometimes you fall on your bum.

The latter part of the title happened to me today! I got an audition call for a panasonic commercial that shoots in Japan and they were looking for "gymnasts". I was never a real gymnast but I faked it and everything went well until they asked me to show something gymnastic-ey without flipping. At that moment I said to myself "uh oh i only know how to flip" so i just did a handstand, rolled onto my shoulders and did a kip up. It would have worked perfectly, except for the fact that the carpet under me slipped and i ended up on my bum. I shook it off like nothing happened and I was on my way.

As much as I always want things to go great, I know that sometimes you fall on your butt and there's nothing you can do about it. I just chalk it up to another funny story I can tell and I feel grateful that I had the opportunity and will get another chance to audition for other jobs.

Please let me know how all of you are doing! I love reading emails/comments from you guys to find out how you are all doing.