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Esther Mira

March 5, 2008

I’m So Excited!!!

Filed under: Life, Acting, Television — Esther @ 8:35 pm

Last week I got a call from someone at Central Casting asking if I was free to go in for an interview at Warner Bros. Studios to play Parminder Nagra’s body double on an episode of ER (she plays Dr. Neela Rasgotra, and I first had the pleasure of seeing her in Bend It Like Beckham, which was awesome). I was pretty excited about receiving the call, but after not hearing anything for a couple of days, I kind of forgot about it. Then, on Tuesday, I got a call again from Central Casting asking if I was available on Thursday and Monday to shoot. Of course I said yes! The lady said she would talk to the casting director and get right back to me. Again, I heard nothing so I assumed they found someone else.

This morning I got another call asking if I could come into Warner Bros. ASAP for an interview so everyone could see whether I would be a good match for Ms. Nagra. Before I knew it I was being whisked away to the hair and makeup trailer to have my hair cut to look just like Ms. Nagra’s, and soon after that I was picked to be her body double (my hair looks so cute now, btw)!!! I start shooting tomorrow at 7:30am and then there is a good possibility that I shoot Monday as well. I’m hoping if Ms. Nagra ever needs a body double in the future, I will be asked again.

And you want to know the best part about all of this? I’M GETTING SAG! Sooooo, no more of the “possibly SAG eligible” B.S. I will be SAG come the end of Monday :-D :-D :-D

I’ve never been to the Warner Bros. Studios before, so I was shocked to see how massive they are (hell, the closest I’ve come to seeing the studios is on the show Animaniacs :-P ). Warner Bros. is located in Burbank, so I just hopped on the 405 N to the 101 to the 134. It took no time at all. Once I got to the WB, everyone was so helpful with showing me around and showing me what I needed to do. Now, I’m back home, still recovering from all the excitement. I don’t think any of you realize how freaking stoked I am for this!

I will be sure to do a recap of my days on set after I’m finished shooting.

P.S. John Stamos is still smokin’ hot ;-)

10 Comments »

  1. i wanna see the hair cut!!! take pictures!

    Comment by deb — March 6, 2008 @ 12:28 am

  2. WOW! you actually got to see the most beautiful man on God’s green earth! Some people have all the luck!!

    Comment by Linda — March 6, 2008 @ 1:02 am

  3. Woot!!
    Excellent news my friend! Now I have more to look forward to than just the release of your first motion picture. :-)

    As for me, I’m heading to Singapore next week for an interview. Not quite Hollywood, but I’m pretty excited about it too.

    Take care!

    Comment by Howdy — March 6, 2008 @ 9:16 am

  4. yeah i wanna se this hair cut! get your ass on ichat and lets video so i can see this

    Comment by shark — March 6, 2008 @ 11:35 am

  5. I third the motion for pics of the haircut! I AM SO EXCITED AND SO PROUD OF YOU, ESTHER! YOU GO GIRL!

    Comment by Livie — March 6, 2008 @ 1:37 pm

  6. Wait a minute … Neela is going to do something where she NEEDS a body double??? :)

    Comment by Axinar — March 6, 2008 @ 9:08 pm

  7. Good luck today hun! I bet you did great! :-D

    Comment by Marc — March 6, 2008 @ 10:04 pm

  8. I got some photos of my hair (granted they are poor camera phone pics, but that’s better than nothing, right? :-) ) which I will post tomorrow because I am beyond pooped right now. As for the character Neela needing a body double, I guarantee it’s not what you think, but I’m not going to say anything more than that ;-)

    Comment by Esther — March 7, 2008 @ 1:56 am

  9. congrats, that’s awesome!

    Comment by jeff — March 8, 2008 @ 9:39 am

  10. Yay!!! I NEED to see this new haircut!

    Comment by Ashima — March 8, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

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