FOUND ~ BLUE EYED SOUL ~ 7/30/09

I'm grateful to be surrounded with so many talented people who have fallen in love with LIFTED and are working very hard to make the vision I have for this story translate to screen.

One of those people is my rock star of a casting director TRICIA WOOD, who sent me (with only a couple days notice) fifteen of LA's most talented young actors to read for the part of HENRY MATTHEWS.

I was amazed at how much talent these young kids have. They all sing, dance, act and play instruments. Mind blowing!

At the end of a long audition day a young actor walked in who grew up in Mobile, Alabama and didn't know that he could sing until a few weeks prior to the audition.

Aaaah, in my next life I want to be handed the sheet music to AIN'T NO SUNSHINE, listen to the original a couple of times and then be able to sing it perfectly a cappella. That's what URIAH SHELTON did in the room, after he broke our hearts with a beautiful and emotional reading. Needless to say, we all believe wholeheartedly that young URIAH was destined to be in our movie.

Here is a little clip from the audition:

As you might have noticed, I'm not the most active blogger or tweeter (is that a word yet?). That's because I'm actually busy making a movie. You will be updated about LIFTED a lot, since one of our Executive Producers, TOMMY ALASTRA, is an internet genius who is on a mission to create awareness for independent films on the web with his company TENTPOLESTER. They will start a campaign for LIFTED within the next few days and I will let all of you know where to go for updates.

Until then....

Peace out,
Lexi

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