August 24, 2004

I Want To Be A Zombie

Hey guys…I've got a crazy idea…let me know what you think.

As you know, I used to act. I even got paid for it a few times. Heck, I was even in a film and 2 TV shows. All Silent-On-Camera stuff, but to be fair, 2 of those 3 gigs wound up with me having a speaking part that was cut for one reason or another…long story.

But there's always something that I've wanted to play…a zombie. A gory, nasty, human-eating zombie. What could be more fun than that?

Anyhoo, I think I've figured out a way to do it.

There's a big convention in Toronto this weekend. Actually, it's 4 conventions…a comic, sci-fi, anime, and horror. We're covering parts of it for a segment for Day Job.

One of the featured guests is none other than George A Romero. If you don't know the name, he's the genius behind the original Dead trilogy…Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, and Day Of The Dead. Classics all.

Well, he's making a 4th Dead movie. Land Of The Dead. And it's shooting this autumn in Toronto.

Here's my plan.

I'm going to line up like a good little boy and get him to autograph my DVDs of either Night Of The Living Dead, or Dawn Of The Dead. And that's when I'll hit him.

"Mr. Romero," I'm going to say, "I also run an independent movie review and entertainment site. And I'd LOVE to be an extra in your next movie. So here's what I'd like to propose. Do not pay me. Instead, I will make a sizable donation - from my own pocket, and through donations from my site - to the charity of YOUR choice. All you have to do is let me be a zombie in your movie. It costs you nothing, and it helps out a charity to the tune of a few hundred bucks. What do you say?"

If all goes well, I'll get to be a zombie for a day or 2. Pictures will be taken, stories will be told, you'll get all the "gory details."

So, my question to you, all my loyal readers, is WOULD YOU donate a few bucks to charity in order to see me transformed into a zombie, and forever immortalized on film?

Use the comments section to post your pledges. SEND NO MONEY…just tell me if you'd be willing to make the donation, and if so, how much. Bare minimum, I will match every single dollar pledged.

So, have at it…how much would YOU donate to charity in order to see me become the living dead and - with luck - meet a gory, untimely end?

I should send this link to all my ex-girlfriends…that would be a couple hundred dollars right there.

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