Today we started reading women for the two female leads. This was a totally different experience from reading men. Not really because of anything the actresses did differently, but more because of how I felt about it. My brain is fried from working all day, but let me try to explain:
It may sound ridiculous, especially coming from Tucker Max, but I am much more conscious about treating the girls like pieces of meat than the guys. Meaning that I really don't want the females who come in to feel uncomfortable
So of course what happens? The very first woman to read comes in to read, and the fucking camera breaks halfway through her reading. The casting director and his associate take over 20 minutes to fix it, and the whole time we are stuck in the reading room with her. Don't get me wrong--she was beautiful, and seemed like a perfectly nice girl, but I was uncomfortable because I didn't want her to feel like we were sitting there judging her like a piece of meat, so I tried to not focus on her too much, which of course had the reverse effect and made her more uncomfortable because I was ignoring her.
Isn't that always the way it works? You try to do the right thing and it back fires.
And of course, TheProducer (who is a woman) picks today as the first day she misses a meeting, leaving the room all males. Wonderful. It's like a perfect storm of awkwardness.
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