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. Wil
    If you are 1 out of 20, thats a good thing. But like people have said “don’t stress it”. As long as you can support your family that is all that matters. Not to mention you have a loving wife, 2 wonderful step children and a great family supporting you since that very first commercial. And you should thank GOD that no one from the Jimmy Kimmel family has ever been in or ever made a movie.
    PS I will continue the good MOJO for you

  3. I’ve not seen Dark City, but when I looked to see what else Proyas had directed…wow, The Crow? I adore that movie, it’s a masterpiece. I really hope the director thinks you’re right for the part, or any part in the film. It seems as if it would be a lot of fun and just yeah, really cool.
    I’m still sendin’ the mojo, big time.

  4. Hi Wil, I just wanted to wish you the best of luck in getting the I Robot part! I would love to see your acting work again, and I’m also looking forward to your book. It’s great to see you have such outlets for your talent and creativity.

  6. HERE’S AN IDEA.
    Start a buzz on the IMDB website page dedicated to I, Robot about Wil’s audition and how much his inclusion would help the film. Here is the link:
    http://us.imdb.com/Title?0343818
    (go to the bottom of the page)
    And Wil, if this is bad idea, just put the kai-bosh on it.

  8. Woah, cool!
    I think the imdb idea is a really good one. It certainly can’t hurt.
    Well, unless the haters come out. But I think the posse out number the haters anyway, so go for it!

  11. Wil,
    Best of luck with I Robot. More Mojo Comming your way.
    THE OZZMAN COMMETH…..Let me see your Fucking hands………….
    THE OZZMAN……………..

  12. My significant other digs “Dark City”. I found it a tad…well…”dark and arty”. I like a generous helping of science in my science fiction and the environment shape shifting was too unexplained for my literal, american t.v. watching, explain-it-to me, mind.
    Dark City – reminded me of how a schizophrenic might see the world and that hurt my head.
    My significant other loved the open-endedness of the story and the ending. Me – felt empty – needed closure(s). I guess that’s why I liked Matrix better – I could understand the technology behind the story/concept.
    Plenty of MOJO coming your way from the Great White North (just south of Canada). I think I can understand a ROBOT – well, maybe not a shape shifting mind control ROBOT who can bend time/space and infinity.
    Here is your…MOJO – good luck
    Elsa!

  13. Yay, Wil! That’s fantastic! Nice going, HMIC. Even though it’s 1:30 am in my neck of the woods, I can still spare some MOJO before bedtime… 😉

  17. I posted to imdb! Great idea Scott, or should I just say “Great Scott!” Hey… Wil in a revival of Rocky Horror… The mind reels.

  22. I hope you get it. You totally are great for the part! I’ll see it for sure. Much MOJO being set your way!!!!

  23. *chants* Get the part Get the part Get the part Get the part…….=o)
    Congratulations, Wil and I hope you get the part. Sending you some San Antonio mojo *mojo yall*

  24. Good mojo your way.
    What exactly is the deal with Jimmy Kimmel’s cousins? I don’t get it.
    Does Jimmy Kimmel actually read this site? I love The Man Show! And loved his interview in Maxim. I just wonder what happened to the Fox on that show. Oh, and the-Man-Show-Boy really rocks. I was laughing so hard at that. Ok, I’m babbling..
    I’m in a weird mood.
    Kinda nervous cuz I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow to find out what’s wrong with me. Hope it’s not bad.

  27. “FINAL COUNT DOWN”
    Today is the Day!
    Hey Wil….
    Im driving in for your show at the Comedy Central Worspace,any advice on traffic,parking,or anything else I should know?
    I got my red shirt and *MOJO* ready to go!
    {we are Tin,we are Titans}http://wearerobots.com

  28. Wil
    I hope you get what you want.
    (is this a “movie movie” for the BIG screen ?
    or “t.v.” movie ??
    that’s what I’m not sure of…
    later

  30. Hey Wil.
    You get so many posts! I hope you read all the ones down here!
    Anyway Wil… Goodluck! It sounds like you’ve got more than a small chance to get this part.
    Thanks. As an aspiring actor it’s nice to see you don’t feel like life or death thing with Auditions. It’s not like i’ve been to many but i know the next time i go to one i’ll think of your calmness, and i’ll hopefully feel it.

  31. Well, you playing a robot, hmmm, doesn’t seem like you but I guess thats a movie we’d have to see for ourselves. Anyhow goodluck to you and maybe you’ll get the part. Seeya Wil.
    Kristi

  32. SPOILER ALERT !
    SCENE FROM “I, ROBOT” SCRIPT:
    Robot: Wil Wheaton
    Inspector: William (Fu%#@*g) Shatner
    A dimly lit room. A robot stands in shadows against a wall. Suddenly a door opens and light from a sanitary hallway floods the room illuminating the robot. The room contains one chair and no other furnishings.
    The inspector takes a moment to look over the room then saunters in. The inspector adjusts his hairpiece where he thinks the robot will not see him while at the same time snugging up his girdle to help suck in his prodigious girth. Then the inspector moves over to face the robot.
    Inspector: Are you R. 709?
    Robot: That is correct.
    Inspector: Did… You… know the late… Mr. Spinkter?
    Robot: I was his personal assistant, sir. May I ask who you are?
    Inspector: No. I’ll do the talking here. All… You… Robots… are alike.
    Robot: That’s not correct, sir. Most models–
    Inspector: Be quiet! I… need… to know what you were doing the night of October third. And… you used a contraction?
    Robot: You got a problem with that?
    Inspector: No, nevermind. And… Stop… Evading… The question.
    Robot: I was not evading your question. To answer it, I was hot waxing Mr. Spinkter’s friend.
    Inspector: You were what? Nevermind. What… Was… Her name?
    Robot: Her name was, Rightler.
    The Inspector’s face changes as though he suddenly realizes something.
    Inspector: What did this Rightler look like?
    -break-
    The scene continues with a fist fight, loss of hairpiece, swearing and the inspector trying to use logic to talk the Robot into shutting down to no avail.
    END OF SPOILER!
    Best of luck, Wil.
    Of, course the above scene may change before the actual movie comes out.

  33. Wil liked my idea. A famous famous movie star liked my idea!
    That’s it. I’m calling it a day. No way it’s going to get better?

  35. let me be another one to add some MOJO. can I ask, perhaps, that you send a little warm weather in return? it’s waaay cold here in DC. heee, anyway, all the best. I’m sure you’ll get a/the part.

  37. WatchSmart: I was wondering if that was the same Riverworld by PJF. I read one of the books in that series and was really taken by it. Never did finish it though. I’ll have to go back and read ’em one of these days… as soon as I’ve finished the Deathstalker series by Simon R. Green. (I highly recommend it to anyone who’s curious. It’s like Star Wars for adults, only much, MUCH cooler. Not to mention funny as hell.)
    /me passes bocoup mojo Wil’s way…

  39. Dark City rocks–it’s in my top ten for certain. Definitely sending mojo–crossed fingers and such.

  40. WIL!
    “Book of Days” will be on TV January 31st! Can’t wait to see it~
    An insurance agent (Wil Wheaton), whose wife died on their wedding day, receives a book containing the dates on which people will die, but when he uses it in his job, his boss suspects him of murdering his clients. Frankie: Maureen Flannigan. Jonah: Isaac Hayes. Amelia: Deborah Raffin. Sister Grady: Pamela Reed. Finch: Richard Grieco.

  41. Damn, I hope you get cast. The only thing that would possibly make the movie better is if you get to tell someone to “bite [your] shiny metal ass.”
    Well, that and robobabes, if they’re done right. One dream at a time.

  43. *Call-back MOJO* I’m excited that they’re going to make a movie. Isaac Asimov is one of my favorite authors! 🙂

  46. Boy…I must really be out of it…or I just spend entirely too much time on the road running from store to store trying to repair obselete computer/register equipment… Either way I didn’t even know who the heck Jimmy Kimmel was until I searched. Now I feel like I don’t fit into the world of geekdom! Argh! ;}
    LOL anyway, I’ve got good vibes about this one Wil. Much MOJO to ya bro! When you get the part and win the Oscar, say hello to “The Computer Geek in Kentucky that didn’t know who Jimmy Kimmel is” 😉

  48. Oh I didn’t realize Proyas directed Dark City! I loved that movie. I hope you get a chance to work with him!

  49. Good luck, Wil! I’d send you some mojo, but I’m afraid that it would freeze on its way across the Great Plains. One question…how big is the part? Seems like a big one if you have to go through several hoops and meet with the director. So set us straight. Big role? Little role? Heck, Wil on screen is reason enough for me to tune in.
    And since this is the umpteenth time that I’ve read a comment mentioning Majel’s character not being in Nemesis, I thought that I would pass along something I read while looking for Nemesis spoilers. Don’t take my word for it. I haven’t seen the movie because I’m waiting for the DVD and the deleted scenes. But I read somewhere (probably aintitcoolnews.com) that Majel was absent from the movie because Lwaxana had died sometime between IX and X. Its only a brief line in the movie and one that probably got cut, but that’s why. Then again…it was just a spoiler. And I could be off my rocker.

  50. I’m sure you will get it. It sounds like you were “on” for the audition. Unlike your audition for Coppola. I’ll pop open some champagne on the day you get the part. In fact, we should all have a “Wil got a job!” party, all around the world! Every time you get a part, we all celebrate and post our interesting stories of what went on during the celebrations. 🙂

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