It went on like this: Do you remember the great soap
opera actor Arnaldo André? The one from the beginning of this book, my dad’s
favourite actor? -Remember how seeing his romantic gesture on the show, my dad then
decided to visit Paraguay?- Well he was an actor my siblings and I really
enjoyed watching too. One day, I don’t even remember where from, I received the
information that Arnaldo was going to direct his biopic in Paraguay the
following year, that a man named Marcos was going to produce it locally.
To me, it would be a great opportunity to meet a great
actor from the Argentinian Film & TV Industry, so I found out where Marcos
worked, he was the owner of a small Production Company. I got his contact
details and called every single day for two weeks straight, -The answer was
always the same- “He is away”. After trying him for two weeks, I thought maybe
it was a mistake, that there would be no movie or that he wasn’t going to work
on it.
I gave up, I stopped researching about it, I stopped
trying to find Marcos or to even think about the film anymore. A few days
later, I was reading the Sunday Magazine, when I came across a full-page
interview about a paraguayan filmmaker who was overseas directing a shortfilm.
Can you believe the interviewe was to this Marcos guy I was looking for so
much? Thanks to the article I was able get his full name and to confirm he was
actually a Film Director. Of course he was away, he was in LA making a film. Neat!
I ran to my Facebook
to look him up, I befriended him and sent him a direct message. With all my
breeziness and bravery, I introduced myself telling him I was studying dramatic
arts and that I was fluent in English. I told him I’d love to act on his next project.
He got back to me instantly. He was very nice to me, and told me he was away
for two more weeks. He asked me to please take my resumé to his office, he’d
call me as soon as he was back and had a chance to look at it.
Exactly two weeks later, the 23rd of August, 2011 -I
remember it exactly because it was my dad’s birthday- we were getting ready for
the family asado -argentinian style
barbecue-, when my phone rung. On the other side of the line, a producer named
Laura introduced herself, she was calling on Marcos’ behalf. I couldn’t believe
he actually came back and looked at my resumé as he said he would. She told me
they went through it together and that he asked for me, they had a proposal. We
arranged to meet the following morning to discuss it further.
I met with Laura, she told me Marcos was opening a new
Production Company, she also told me about the LA shortfilm. Marcos hired her
as the Line Producer and she needed help with the upcoming productions. She said
that Marcos liked my profile and he wasn’t sure what role I was after -acting
or crewing-, but that they really needed a hand as crew. I was completely
honest, I told her I was studying to be an actress and that I loved what I did.
I also told her I was thinking of crewing one day, but that I had zero
experience as Crew.
She thought that was great. She told me that with my
experience on set as an actress I knew the gist already, and that they were
looking for someone with my eagerness and spirit. I was inexperienced, so I
couldn’t get straight into my duties. She offered me to do a three-months
unpaid internship -expenses paid only-, where they’d teach me everything I
needed for the job, they’d get me ready. By the end of those three months, if we
both wanted to continue, they’d hire me full-time. She was also interviewing a
couple of girls that afternoon, then, meeting with Marcos that evening to
choose the right candidate. Two days later they called me, I got the job. I was
starting the following Monday…
Did you see what happened there? Crazy, huh? And to think
that all started with a piece of misinformation that I don’t even know where I
got it from, just after that shooting week where I started considering
to work behind the cameras...

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