Amusing Model/Actors and Their Typical Lack of Awareness

A brief observation on why I have suspended my wanton desire to be included in the wily world of wannabe actors:

Exterior, Fox Studios professional entrance, Sydney Australia, day.

Interior, Casting House, day. 

~The room is full of attractive 20-somethings lounging anxiously in wait for their name to be called by the single casting agent and her camera in the small studio through the door marked "quiet-filming in progress". The aspiring actors/models/singers and the odd dancer discuss their agents, recent castings, hair, nails, fashion weeks, whether to invest in botox or the latest spray-on jeans and who landed the Sprite commercial last week.~

Enter PEANUT, casually dressed in jeans, ankle boots, tank top and grey knit jacket with fur collar. 

PEANUT scans the room, scoops up a translucent green clipboard, casting details sheet and pen and makes a bee-line for the chair situated furthest from the manicured 6-foot tall blonde Claire Danes stand-in primly perched on the sofa next to her Versace bag.

The seat PEANUT selects is near to an oddly horsey girl of approximately size 10. MODEL/ACTRESS is in her 20's, stringy blondish-brown hair and an obvious penchant for yo-yo dieting. With an amicable vibe MODEL/ACTRESS seems the lesser of the evils in the room as an occupant of the closest seating position.

With an air of resolved disinterest PEANUT fills out the single page questionnaire with her stats, agents details and whether or not she has undertaken any jobs for competitors of the product on advertisement in the past 3 years. 

To her interest MODEL/ACTRESS is completing the same single-page document with a contemplation and scrutiny typically reserved for final exams and employment IQ tests. 

PEANUT looks on bemused as it takes MODEL/ACTRESS nearly 15 minutes to answer the 7 questions. 

MODEL/ACTRESS looks up and sees PEANUT regarding her with amusement and perhaps a pinch of pity.

MODEL/ACTRESS

Oh hi!

PEANUT (quickly smiles)

Hi

MODEL/ACTRESS

Ooh I'm nervous! What's this casting for?

PEANUT

Coke

MODEL/ACTRESS

Ooh ok!

*silence*

MODEL/ACTRESS

So what do we have to do?

PEANUT

Oh, just the stuff it said on the brief - throw snowballs at each other

MODEL/ACTRESS

Ooh like REAL snowballs??

*extended silence*

*PEANUT suppresses the urge to roll around on the floor and literally explode with laughter*

*PEANUT opts for further silence and a smile*

PEANUT

No. Not real snowballs.

MODEL/ACTRESS

Ooh good! That would be so cold! *giggle*

*PEANUT suppresses the urge to throw up*