Auditions 3: The Search for Spock

Here’s a quick update on I, Robot:
They put about 100 actors on tape last week. 20 of those tapes were sent to the director, including mine. He will pick a few he likes, and have meetings with them this week or next.
Wish I had more info, but that’s it. Strangely, I’m not sitting here, stomach in knots, agonizing over whether I’ll get it or not. While I would love to work with Alex Proyas (I am a HUGE Dark City weenie) and play a robot, I don’t have the life-or-death feeling that used to accompany auditions.
And as far as I know, they didn’t see anyone from Jimmy Kimmel’s family.

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125 thoughts on “Auditions 3: The Search for Spock”

  2. OOooh second post!
    Go Wil!
    😀
    If you can act with a robot (okay, android) for about five years, you can certainly play one for 8 months!
    Best of luck!

  4. Alright, you made the first cut.
    Good news.
    What’s up with Jimmy Kimmel? Is this an LA-only item?

  5. Well, I’ve never said this about a man before, but I caught that interview of you on BBC, and your voice is HOT! You’ll make a good robot, I believe…..I could see it. Finger’s crossed and much creative mojo I send your way, dude.

  6. Wil: If you get to meet Proyas, ask him if SCIFI is ever going to air the “Riverworld” film/pilot he made for them. It was based on the novel by Philip Jose Farmer, and looked like it had some promise. Proyas or SCIFI or Alliance Atlantis said at one point it would air in January of this year. Mojo, by the way.

  7. Keep us posted. And eventough you don’t seem to be nervous about the outcome, I’m sure we’d all love to see you in the role.
    Ana Marylee

  11. Good Luck Wil got a bucket of Mojo to dump on ya. It would be awesome to see you in that movie. I’m anxiously awaiting it myself. Dark City was the first DVD I ever bought. =:o)

  12. It’s cool that you’re so laid back about the outcome. Even so, I’m sending mojo your way.
    No, not Mojo Jojo. That poop-flinger had better watch his fuzzy ass or I’ll get out the shaving cream, tomato sauce, and rubber du … umm I’ve said too much, haven’t I?
    Seriously though, you are quickly rising to become one of my favorite personalities. I was one of the few who never had a problem with Wesley (except for my unfortunate habit of confusing him with Westley in the Princess Bride). Every time I’ve seen you in a movie, you have put forth a damn fine performance. You have shown yourself to be intelligent and humorous in this blog.
    I’d wish you the best but I suspect that you will succeed in attaining it without my help.

  13. As some wag noted once, life’s what happens when you’re making other plans.
    I found that all the good things in my life started happening once I stopped worrying about them.
    You’ve got some cool things going on in other parts of your life and are lucky enough to have gained an invaluable resource – perspective.
    Having said all that, good luck in getting the part. It’s cool to see you workin’ it!
    -strange

  16. Wil, you will always be our hero no matter what. I admire your energy, talent, and passion. Stay cool Wil! Right now I am currently freezing. It is minus 34 cel. wind chill in Toronto. :S

  17. the kimmels are coming! the kimmels are coming! here a kimmel, there a kimmel, everywhere a kimmel kimmel…
    but what i want to know is, when are they going to give you an after midnight talk show?

  19. I just saw Nemesis about fell out of my seat when I saw you in the wedding seen. I thought you were totally cut out and was prepared to be very bitter through the entire movie. I was praying all through the movie that it would end in a naked wedding, no such luck.
    Congrats on the audition. You have awesome character, on and off screen, it’s only a matter of time before you find the right showcase for the onscreen kind. Clearly you’ve got the off-screen part nailed.

  21. hey will, ive been a big fan of yours for since tng, and ive been reading your blog for around 6 months now, just wanted you too know your a insperation to the rest of us. just the way you carry yourself, and they way you deal with adversity… keep up the good work
    -anuj

  27. Quote: “And as far as I know, they didn’t see anyone from Jimmy Kimmel’s family.”
    That’s because they are looking for people that can ‘act’ like robots.
    Canadian0812

  30. Good job on the first cut Wil, and i know you’ve gotten a lot of people saying the same thing (i read through to where I posted), so I won’t type it all out, but my feelings are the same as theirs on the whole priorities/perspective thing. I thought about paraphrasing ‘Field of Dreams’, but saying this is enough 😉
    Oh, on an un-related note, you should check out that book I emailed you about. It’s definately worth the time it’ll take you to read the 330 or so pages.
    Ryan_W
    Oh yeah – LOVED the ‘Search for Spock’ joke 🙂

  33. Quote: “And as far as I know, they didn’t see anyone from Jimmy Kimmel’s family.”
    That’s because they are looking for people that can ‘act’ like robots.
    Canadian0812
    —
    OW!
    Sorry, but that was worth reposting.
    Seriously.
    Good luck, Wil. 🙂

  34. More mojo coming from the other side of town. 🙂 It would be great to see the grown-up Wil Wheaton on the big screen. Besides, anyone who was nice to my 8-year-old son (at the Pasadena convention in September) deserves all the mojo I can send.

  35. Wil,
    even though you may have felt a bit dissapoined with your audition due to being star struck, your work speaks for itself, hence why you had an audition to begin with….
    Live long and prosper

  37. I have a good feeling about this one, Wil – I have a quirky sense about things like this. Also, I was wondering – is the “Where is my mind?” label at the top of the comment window a Pixies reference?

  40. this is it wil…i think this is the project you’ve been waiting for…
    an excellent director…( i mean, c’mon..lets face it…this guy rocks)
    a FANTASTIC story…( I mean, c’mon…we’re talking classic here)
    and that fact that you have a huge frickin posse all dieing to see you on the silver screen again..( i mean, c’mon…we were jilted with Nemesis, we demand satisfaction!)
    wow..
    as i was writing this..i thought the c’mon thing would look a lot funnier….
    but all it looks like now is that i’ve taken a lame joke and beaten it like a red-headed step child…
    i mean..c’mon…
    …
    nope…still not funny.,..
    damn…
    cheers wil…

  42. see there you go wil not expecting to get anything. thats good!
    expecting the worst and when u get it.. u get to be really happy!

  43. I just saw Nemesis as well and was happy at seeing Wil for all of 7.21 seconds.
    However, the rest of the film just needed help in a big way. Not a single character (save for ‘Admiral’ Janeway and Dr. Crusher) acted in a way consistent with 7 TV years and 3 films.
    Suspiciously absent altogether: any mention whatsoever about Lwaxana Troi or the fact that Betazed was taken in the Dominion War (see Deep Space 9), Kyle Riker, Worf’s feelings for Troi as shown in many ways in the final episode of the TV series.
    Yes, I be geeking.

  44. I was reading the post and thinking…
    Cool, He’s still in the running…
    Good, he’s not stressing over it…
    Jimmy Kimmel o.0
    BWAHAHAHAHAH!!
    Wil, you are too cool.

  47. Lots of mojo to you, Wil.
    Enjoyed the report of your encounter with Emilio Estevez.
    Funny how the ACTORS know when they’re dealing with a talented professional…

  49. Ha! Weenie.
    Consider us your worry-sink.
    We, the collective drain all the worry and angst relating to theses issues and expel them into our own lives, usually at bus drivers, the bank and anyone else who is not wholly with us.
    S’true.
    Read it on a beer mat.

  50. I’m teh 49th!!!:) Drak City is a very cool movie!!
    Everything good to the job Wil!!:))
    If you get the job there will be a Wil and a Will in the movie!:)

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