I can play terrorist, easy
Seeking acting jobs in Hollywood
January 20, 2005
iranian.com
The following letter of query has been sent to over
150 top Hollywood casting agents. Replies will be posted as they
arrive.
Dear Hollywood Agents, Movie Executives, Casting agents and Directors,
As an Iranian-American actor who has studied his trade in the most prestigious
Royal Shakespear Society in London, I would like to inform you of my availability
to take on any terrorist or terrorist-related roles currently available
to Middle Eastern actors in Hollywood.
I have been trying to break into Hollywood's Inner Circle for years and
I believe, due to current world events and the war in Iraq, the stage is set
for serious Middle Eastern actors to showcase their abundant talents on the world
stage.
Years of playing Hamlet and Fantine in small theater houses all over Europe have
prepared me for more dynamic and meaningful parts such as hijacker, suicide bomber,
kidnapper, rock-throwing fanatic, hostage-taker, insurgent, fundamentalist mullah,
or ringleader of a terrorist sleeper cell in New York City.
I have an amazing aptitude for playing bad-ass terrorist characters. I'm
extremely believable and authentic. I'm frequently stopped at airport security
checkpoints for full body cavity search. On the airplane, I'm always beleaguered
by other passengers for my uncanny resemblance to Osama. When light hits my face
at a certain angle, I look eerily like Yasser Arafat. I also look
very much like Saddam Hussein when he was pulled out of the spider hole. And
with
a
touch of makeup, I can easily pass for Gaddafi, the Ayatollah or even Castro.
My terrorist accent is so spon on, I even scare myself sometimes.
I'm familiar with Arabic, Persian, and Pashton dialects and can scream
meaningless gibberish at other terrorists at the top of my lungs.
 I'm also available to play parts as convenient store clerk, gas station
attendant, psychotic Iranian colonel and crazy Middle Eastern cab driver.
Please consider my credentials and contact me at your earliest convenience.
Regards,
Siamack Baniameri About
Siamack Baniameri is the author of The
Iranican Dream, (Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, December 2004).
Also see Iranican-Dream.com.
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