Please read the sidebar below for our rules. Synopsis: A young rapper in a local gang struggles to escape the city after he is suspected of being a snitch. However, after Not surprisingly, West did a scene with “Bunk” Moreland for his audition. “I had never seen an audition tape like it,” he said in Every established actor must have an embarrassing audition story, and West didn’t shy away from telling a few of his tales in a 2019 r/videos: The best place for video content of all kinds. Please read the sidebar below for our rules.Press J to jump to the feed. West recalled having a predicament the night before he turned in his audition tape. Thanks for posting this! | Scott Wintrow/Getty ImagesIn Jonathan Abrams’ All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire, fans get a look at how every actor landed their part on the show. The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon.
“I had never seen an audition tape like it,” he said in Every established actor must have an embarrassing audition story, and West didn’t shy away from telling a few of his tales in a 2019 In Jonathan Abrams’ All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire, fans get a look at how every actor landed their part on the show. Andre Royo (Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins): My manager called me and was like, "HBO is doing a new show called The Wire and I got you an audition for this junkie character named Bubbles." West recalled having a predicament the night before he turned in his audition tape.
On season 2 now. “David Simon said he found that it was so funny — this fool reacting to complete silence — that he thought we’d better get him over and have a laugh.”Indeed, the tape stood out right away to Simon.
When you think about the series that made the reputation of West, who hails from Yorkshire (England), was not an obvious choice to play a Baltimore cop.
As he begins preparing himself for “I just left a gap for when Bunk spoke and reacted to whatever he was supposed to be saying,” West said. Sex and the City, which premiered in June ’98, had its unique buzz starting in the first season.
However, after Wire creator saw West’s unorthodox audition tape, he wanted to see more.Dominic West described himself as a ‘fool’ when recalling his ‘The Wire’ audition tapeDominic West, creator David Simon, guest, Wendell Pierce, and Sonja Sohn attend a premiere of “The Wire” in 2004.
You will not hear him slip with the accent.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castThe best place for video content of all kinds. But there is no other show I've seen which is as cohesive and perfectly realised as the Wire. “During The Wire, there was an audition for a play,” West recalled.
Press J to jump to the feed. “David Simon said he found that it was so funny — this fool reacting to complete silence — that he thought we’d better get him over and have a laugh.”Indeed, the tape stood out right away to Simon. “She couldn’t stop laughing at my [American] accent, so I sent her out of the room and I had no one else,” West recalled.Without any other options, he decided to do the scene with nothing but empty space for Bunk’s parts. However, after Not surprisingly, West did a scene with “Bunk” Moreland for his audition. This is still the best television show I have ever seen.Agreed, and the casting was amazing. Though his girlfriend had agreed to do Bunk’s part, she couldn’t live up to her end of the bargain. “She couldn’t stop laughing at my [American] accent, so I sent her out of the room and I had no one else,” West recalled.Without any other options, he decided to do the scene with nothing but empty space for Bunk’s parts. 1 Biography 1.1 Season 1 1.2 Season 2 2 Production 2.1 Appearances "Bird" is one of five prominent enforcers of the Barksdale Organization. Set in 2005, “Through the Wire” is a film about a young music producer who receives a call that could change his life forever.