Juliana Ashley Hansen WILL be Sandy! — Page 2

Also, isn't Jason Celaya from Altar Boyz?

I hope she wins. But she said she had less experience than other girls YET she was in the tour of Millie.

It bothers me that I see SOOO many people that I know to be preofessional actors - Juliana, Jason, etc etc, who ARE professional actors, and they are listing them as other things, yet blatantly pushing Austin as a seasoned pro.... even Austin's understudy from Hairspray las Vegas was listed as a bartender and not an actor!

Juliana is my fave.. she can go from innocent to sex-pot in the drop of a hat.
I was MAJOR ticked that they cut Matt Nolan. he was my favorite of the boys..

And I suppose that being an actor could also be referred to as "Temping". I mean no acting job is permanent, right? And in the case of Millie, she actually WAS a temp worker. So the title "temp worker" for Juliana works on all sorts of levels, right?

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michael, i take ofense to that. I guess with your reasoning, 90% of equity members are not actors then, right?

I disagree, MB. Is a painter only a painter when they have a brush in their hand? A plumber only a plumber when he is unclogging a pipe? In that case, Juliana isn't even a temp worker unless she is answering a phone or entering data.

A professional actor is constantly working on their craft, updating head shots and contacts, reading scripts or taking a lesson. That is part of their job.
What an insulting thing to say that if they are not performing they are not really actors.

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Sueleen, that is a lovely description. And I apologize if my pragmatic viewpoint is a little less "artistic" but that is how I, and frankly the AEA health and pension view the qualifications of being a " professional actor."

Of course when you are pursuing the arts you have to take classes and study your craft, but for me, that falls under the description of "aspiring." Again this is no insult to the men and woman who ARE aspiring. Even movie stars go through periods where they are aspiring for their career. "Aspiring" has nothing to do with drive, talent or accomplishment.

Okay - lets say this: if you have worked enough professionally in the last 18th months to still be eligible for your health insurance under AEA - you can call yourself a professional actor. Otherwise you are aspiring. And that for the 800th time is not an insult.

But if at the end of the year, your W-2 is soley from The Olive Garden for waiting tables - you are a waiter.

Since there are many aspring artists posting on this board (oftentimes myself included) I understand why its a "touchy" subject. But to me - this is the reality of the biz.

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I'm also sure that the producers of this show don't want to qualify everyone involved as an "actor/actress" to give it that "finding someone off of the street" quality. Just my opinion.

Regarding Austin, I find it odd that he was one of the few people from the Hairspray tour that never transferred to the Broadway cast.

Did Gretchen Beiber ever make it to the Grease Academy?

Now back to Juliana; I like her a lot.

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Thanks, BG2.

I was surprised when I read on the screen that Austin is 30. He definitely doesn't look it, I think he reads younger.

Now the 42 year old guy who was shocked that he got cut; please, get real!! I didn't need to see his age to tell that he was a lot older than everyone else there.

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Austin is really showing his age. personality wise, he comes off younger because of his high pitched voice and immaturity. he LOOKS older however... he isn't aging well at all.

well, every casting call for the revival has said that they want to go with early-mid 20s... no the "early 20s-early30s" I see specified for every regional mounting I see...

I am still ad that they cut Matt Nolan. get him back.

The Grease website now has bios of the top 12 - they are again downplaying professional experience, though not necessarily that some of been working as an actor for the last few years.

SUELEEN: how are we supposed to judge them for how they look off camera? We can't tell how old they look on stage. How they look on camera is the only thing we at home can go by, which is one of the difficult things about casting stage actors from a tv based reality show.

Updated On: 1/22/07 at 01:12 PM