 Main hoon na, main hoon na. I must say, it's not only lovely because there's no work for anybody in TV and film here right now. Except for me. I'm a scab. But. The process, I so wish TV and film processed the whole breakdown, submission, and audition process the way they do with theater. Because with theater, if you're a member of actors' equity, the breakdowns all show up on actors' equity site, two weeks in advance. You have a sign-up date, the minute it opens, you can sign up for the audition, full breakdowns, full everything, and obviously it's theater, which I adore. So it's just been so wonderful to have this nonstop flow. And it's in-person auditions and callbacks. Everything is in front of everybody. I said to one casting director in a callback, I said it is so beautiful to have face-to-face and interactive creativity and focusing on art. And he said, isn't that the way it's supposed to be? I said, yes, it is. Hey, well, go back to your stupid director, Corbin. Thank you for letting me just go off on that. Gross. And you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more juicy content. Thanks to everybody who supports us on Patreon. Follow us on Twitter, Twitter accounts, subscribe, like, button. Today we got a, this is a little snippet from Madness in the Desert, which is the two-hour documentary on Lagann. So this is actually Audition Tapes, Cricketers for Lagann. So this is a little snippet from it. Audition Tapes of the Cricketers for Lagann. Yeah, so they go into a little depth of some of the casting. I can't wait. It's going to be so fun to watch this. I've wanted to watch the Madness in the Desert for a while. I would like to, I don't think, no, Steph did watch it with me. This is one she did watch with me. Okay. But I would like to watch it again because it was such a good movie, but it's three and a half hours, right? I think it's more than that. I think it's just over four, yeah. But the documentary itself is over two. Yeah, not a surprise. It's just very funny. Yeah. A lot of people told us to watch it. But anyways, just get a little glimpse here of what it's about. Is that written in pencil? Oh, it was in the nineties. Yeah, that's great. We only did stuff in pencil in the nineties. Pre-production is now in full swing and we're in the midst of frenzied activity. In India, having screen tests is very unusual and looked down upon and actors feel insulted if they ask to test for a film. He's been around for a long time. And it's a process which really clears your mind as a director. Heck yes. You have the screen test. When an actor tests in front of the camera, you come to know whether he is, you know, close to the character you want or not. And the chemistry. Did she, who gave her the choreography or did she just come up with it? Oh, I'm sure it was, I'm sure she probably was giving it. I'm thinking. Oh, the white lady. Sing it. She's lip syncing. Oh, that's definitely Julie Andrews. Well, gotta show your lip syncing skills. You know, one of the difficult aspects of the casting was the British casting. Have you ever made any other films? No. This is our first film. Why do you think you're here? To play games? Is the film in English? No, the film in the Hindi. You mean you want British actors for an Indian film, which to be made in Hindi for an Indian audience and not for an international audience. So, I mean, what? But the moment they read the script, you know, they should certainly look at us from a different point of view. Yeah, I want to watch the whole thing. Bummer. I want to watch the whole thing now. Yeah. That's what I was hoping. I was like, I was hoping. I think I remember hearing something about screen testing being an insult once before somewhere, maybe with a coffee with Quran. Yeah. I mean, not that I understand. Not that I agree with it, but I understand from like big stars why they would be insulted. I wouldn't be insulted. But like, since these people are like, why would you want me to audition? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's happened here too. It's not just India. No, I know. But for those that it happens to, that's just ego. Yeah. It is. 100%. Yeah. 100%. That's what it is. It's like my word. I've heard so many stories of Oscar-winning legends. Yeah. Thankful for the opportunity to screen test for some films. Yeah. It's just so common. It's the ones that are like, they think they're like, why the hell would I audition? Yeah. The reason people are going to go see your film. Yeah. Not if you're not right for the role. Yeah. Well, you know. Wild. Yeah, right? Yeah. But yeah, I already wanted to watch it, but it makes me very intrigued to watch it. It also speaks volumes into the mindset behind, it's something that Raj and DK said in our interview of them that is really important. That it matters when they have a creative team together. It really matters that the, I think it was when I asked them the question, what's one of the things you dislike the most? I said, it's when we have to, when actors are giving us advice about things that doesn't fall in alignment with what we want to do. Yeah. Because an actor's job is to serve the text and come into alignment with the director's vision. You should absolutely collaborate. There's many times a director will hear an idea and think, that was great. Let's do that. But ultimately, you submit to whatever the director's wanting to do. And that includes in the audition process. If they ask you to do a screen test, you do a screen test. If they ask you to do a chemistry read, you do a chemistry read. It's just you're there to serve the project. Screen tests aren't as prevalent as they used to be, though. Maybe not for like the leads of films, obviously, though they're probably still doing that. It's definitely 100% happening for new people playing new roles. So like when they're looking for the new Bond, when they're looking for the new Superman, when they're looking for the new you fill in the blank, you're going to screen test. And it's going to be a months-long process. But like I mentioned Sally Field, she has a beautiful story. I've mentioned a little bit of it here where she had to screen test to play Mary in Lincoln for Spielberg and Daniel de Lewis. And that's an Oscar-winning legend who was just so happy to be doing the process with them. Imagine asking Sally Fields, too. I know. Because he's Steven Spielberg, he can ask whatever he wants. He can, right? But I think even from what I know of her, I think if you asked that of Meryl Streep, without hesitation, she would screen test for you. I wonder what that conversation is like. Is it just like we would like you to screen test and are they are like, okay, I'm sure it's prefaced with I'm really sorry to ask you this. We want you. Yes. But we just need to see if it works. And they're like, Steven Spielberg, you are the producer. What are you talking about? I'm sure any time a legend has asked a screen test, it's prefaced with I'm sorry to ask Sally Fields to screen test. Oh, no. Because I'd be like, you're fine. Yeah. I'm thankful that you could be in my film. But when you're Steven Spielberg, I would never ask you. Or Christopher Nolan. Because I'm like, yeah, you're going to knock it out of the park. So different actors maybe. I'm just grateful to have you. Yeah. Different actors maybe. But Sally Fields when I'm like, yeah, no. So I want to, yeah, I want to watch this. Let us know if it's one that we should watch. Is it worth a watch or should we just watch it? I don't know. Because it is a documentary. Let us know. So let us know down below.