Tonight I met up with Christian at Jasso’s place for a read through of Episode 1. I am very pleased with the performance and it’s going to be killer funny! After the 3rd read through and give the guys some direction, both Matthew and Christine were really beginning to get into there roles. The part of Joel will be a little different than the original Night Shift, but it is more of what I had in mind for the character when I created him.
Joel is a sarcastic ass. He has no ambition, no drive and not future. Joel is not apathetic he just doesn’t care. He does tech support because it is easy and it allows him to be a slacker. It was hard to get that though in the Night Shift, but comes out a bit when Joel is dealing with the vampire hunters. Christine got the point and took it to hear and started to really get into the character. I didn’t need to give Matthew as much direction. We’ve talked about the character of Tom quite a bit before the read through.
Tom simply is a geek. He has poor social skills, is smart and apathetic. He could do better in life but chooses not to. The reality is he doesn’t have to work hard because he comes from a well off family. We start filming next Wednesday and I’m pretty excited.