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You
may have heard of a recent feature film in the horror genus, entitled
'Shaun of the Dead'. Magazine and newspaper reports will have lead you
to believe that the film's zombie cast were merely bit part players or
extras. I can exclusively reveal that there has been a shocking cover-up.
The fact of the matter is that the zombie cast was entirely made up of
the actually undead...
As my tale of horror begins, I was a jobbing actor, and very much alive
when I received a call to audition for a background zombie role. When
asked whether I had any flesh eating experience, I of course lied - this
was a major break for a background artiste, after all.
I decided I really had to make a special effort to clinch the part, so
I contacted an acquaintance who works in a pharmaceutical lab. He'd told
me about some irradiated baboons that they were experimenting on, which
had been captured following an outbreak of Zombieitus in Penge, a few
years previously.
Being an actor of the method school, I decided that the best way to act
like a zombie was to become one, and arranged to be 'accidentally' bitten
by one of these creatures. Very soon I had joined the ranks of the decomposing,
and was ready for my audition.
As ever, the casting director paid little attention to my carefully prepared
piece - an extract from Ibsen's 'Ghost', which I thought to be particularly
pertinent. Amazingly, however, the call came through - I was to portray
the vital role of 'vague zombie at the back of a handful of shots'.
Since filming wrapped, I have encountered some difficulty in finding further
acting work. There isn't as much call for dead performers as you might
think. Just ask Margaret Rutherford - she's not worked for years! Unfortunately,
computer generated extras seem to be the order of the day, and cinema
is worse off for it. Luckily, I have recently secured a Saturday job in
Dixons, where I seem to fit in rather nicely.
To
enter my world of
zombie flesh eating
click on an arrow,
and gasp at my
groundbreaking
performance...
ONLY
BIGGER!!!
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