It’s that time again, kids! That time when View Askew takes advantage of your fandom in an effort to bulk up the crowd shots in one of our movies! But rather than calling a spade a spade, we spin this sordid exploitation of your time and services by calling it your chance to…

SEE YOURSELF IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!!!

That’s right! View Askew is offering anyone with a bunch of free time and a rabid need to be immortalized on celluloid their potential fifteen minutes! Just as we did with “Chasing Amy”, “Dogma”, and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back”, we’re opening up an extras casting call for our latest effort, “Jersey Girl”!

Now, mind you, this isn’t for speaking parts; all of those are already taken. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t be a part of the Movie Magic (actual Movie Magic not guaranteed) as an Extra! And anyone with any inkling about Hollywood knows that it’s the Extras who get all the pussy and cock (pussy and cock not guaranteed either).

– SHARE the screen with the likes of Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Liv Tyler, or George Carlin!

– SEE how a movie (or, God forbid, a BAD movie) gets made, up close!

– GET treated like cattle at your own expense!

For casting consideration, send a photo of yourself along with your stats (age, sex, height, weight) and your contact information to…

I WANNA BE A JERSEY GIRL!
c/o
Mike Lemon Casting
Callowhill Office Center
413 North 7th St.
Suite 602
Philadelphia, PA
19123

Deadline for submissions is August 31st.

Fiorentino on Men in Black II Disappointment

If you were wondering why there was no Linda Fiorentino in the Men in Black sequel, well, so was she. But she’s taken the next step and looking to direct her first feature instead. Here’s what she told Variety…

Linda Fiorentino is hoping to turn around a disappointing year by making her directorial debut on “One Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings,” a play she optioned by Colin Patrick Lynch. He’s already written the screenplay for a tale about six twentysomething boyhood friends who confront their futures when they get together for a weekly poker game…

The veteran actress figures she’s due a break. “They gave away my starring role in ‘Men in Black 2’ to Frank the Pug, and while he did a great job and is probably living it up at some posh hotel promoting the film overseas, I had to deal with that upsetting situation, plus the fact that somebody sold my home address online for $37,” she said. “It doesn’t get much worse, when your stalking price is that low, and you are forced to move out because of it, which is the reward for being sexy in movies. So I’m dealing with that and the fact that I was lower than a dog on the casting list of that movie. I figured it was time to move on.”