{"id":1969,"date":"2018-12-06T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2018-12-06T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T23:05:26","slug":"how-i-got-to-work-on-ready-player-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/how-i-got-to-work-on-ready-player-one\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Got to Work on Ready Player One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1971\" src=\"http:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ready-player-one-poster-700x436.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ready Player One<\/strong> came out March 2018 and was an international box office success. It did especially well in China as well. It has made over 582 million and is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did I come to be part of this project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1970\" src=\"http:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1178\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One.png 1178w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/alfredrocks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfred-in-Ready-Player-One-700x395.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1178px) 100vw, 1178px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just finished a shoot in Asia when I was asked to send an audition tape for a guy who gets hit in a VR game. I had no idea at first that it was a Steven Spielberg film. This is what I sent in.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xfSRYL0ARc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And ultimately I got to work on Ready Player One. The first AD <strong>Adam Somner<\/strong> (The Revenant, Wolf of Wall Street, Birdman) had me improv some lines on set (I did this whole rant in Chinese) and <strong>Garrett Warren<\/strong> (Avatar, Logan, X-men) made sure the set was safe and that the action looked good.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always a dream come true when you get to work on a great movie with amazing people.<\/p>\n<p>IMDB:\u00a0https:\/\/imdb.com\/name\/nm3151886\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready Player One came out March 2018 and was an international box office success. It did especially well in China as well. It has made over 582 million and is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. How did I come to be part of this project? 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