I was sitting in Kerbey Lane Cafe on Guadalupe on a recent Thursday, having lunch with my brother when a man came up to me and asked if I was an actor. I said no, but then he asked if I was interested in being in his film. He said I have "the perfect face".
Naturally I was flattered by his request, and just a bit skeptical, since I had no idea what kind of film he had in mind. Curiously I didn't even ask. What I did ask, to his surprise, was whether or not he would have picked Stephen, had we been sitting in opposite seats, since I have the idea that we look so much alike, but he averred that I was his choice.
The director, a young man whom I'll call JP, told me he was an MFA film student at UT and this was going to a short film for a class he was taking. He seemed nice enough and I was just egotistical enough to think that I could pull something like this off, so I said yes, I'd give it a try. He was pleased and offered me a notebook in which I wrote my email address. He said thanks, we shook hands and that was that. I had no idea what to expect. To be honest, I was excited and flattered, but really didn't think it would come to anything.
