[Note: I'm asking this under my sister's account]
I just finished my first feature-length screenplay.
Because I don't have representation, I sent a query to my "dream" actor for the lead part, a "B-level" (as far as celebrity) British actor whom I greatly respect.
His agent wrote back and asked for the screenplay, which I sent immediately.
Three days later, the agent has again contacted me, saying "they" want to know "more." (About me and the project).
Now what??? I don't want to seem an amateur (and I am VERY aware that this agency also represents a director who would be PERFECT for this screenplay, as it is her genre exactly.)
Do I reply with the truth (new writer, no connections, wanted to attach my dream cast first?)...Do I use this "nibble" to hook an agent here in L.A.? ("I have an interested party in England at the blahblah agency, will you represent me?")... I want to be professional in my approach, and as honest as possible, but I've also been told there are a certain amount of "smoke and mirrors" needed in the beginning to get things rolling (??)...
Please help...
Thank you in advance...
I just finished my first feature-length screenplay.
Because I don't have representation, I sent a query to my "dream" actor for the lead part, a "B-level" (as far as celebrity) British actor whom I greatly respect.
His agent wrote back and asked for the screenplay, which I sent immediately.
Three days later, the agent has again contacted me, saying "they" want to know "more." (About me and the project).
Now what??? I don't want to seem an amateur (and I am VERY aware that this agency also represents a director who would be PERFECT for this screenplay, as it is her genre exactly.)
Do I reply with the truth (new writer, no connections, wanted to attach my dream cast first?)...Do I use this "nibble" to hook an agent here in L.A.? ("I have an interested party in England at the blahblah agency, will you represent me?")... I want to be professional in my approach, and as honest as possible, but I've also been told there are a certain amount of "smoke and mirrors" needed in the beginning to get things rolling (??)...
Please help...
Thank you in advance...
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