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Hopeless auditions. Sleazy agents. Chance meetings with Hollywood heavyweights. It's all part of day-to-day life for the struggling actor in Los Angeles — and the setting for HBO's series, UNSCRIPTED.
From Steven Soderbergh's and George Clooney's Section Eight production company, UNSCRIPTED is a half-hour comedy series that blends improvisation and real incidents to chronicle the lives of three promising young actors as they navigate the rough waters of show business.
"The truth of the matter is less than five percent of our union makes all the money," Clooney says. "And that's just the people in the union. There are so many actors that get up every morning and — forget getting a job — they try to get an agent. Or an audition. We're trying to show what it is that we do. It's completely unlike the way it's usually portrayed."
As its name implies, UNSCRIPTED features no written lines of dialogue. The cast members improvise their lines in situations based on their own experiences and those of the show's creators. There are no rehearsals, no retakes and no reshoots. The result is a dry-humored insider's look at what it takes to make it big — or at least make a living — in Hollywood.
UNSCRIPTED stars Krista Allen, Bryan Greenberg and Jennifer Hall, essentially playing themselves as struggling actors. Stage and screen veteran Frank Langella co-stars as Goddard Fulton, a noted actor who leads them in an acting workshop at Los Angeles' fabled Tamarind Theater.
Throughout the ten-episode series, Krista, Bryan and Jennifer appear in real-life situations, including a maze of offices and real film productions, crossing paths with real-life Hollywood stars and directors. From humiliating jobs and padded resumes to professional breakthroughs, UNSCRIPTED offers a revealing look at the sometimes raucous, often disillusioning world of the struggling actor.
UNSCRIPTED is the second HBO project from Section Eight, the production company founded by Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney. In 2003, Section Eight produced the political drama "K Street" for HBO. The executive producers of UNSCRIPTED are George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh and Grant Heslov. Matt Adler is co-executive producer. UNSCRIPTED is produced by Michael Hissrich and Joanne Toll. The series is directed by George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
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