The Soup Scoop - a Campbell's Commercial

The Lesson: Be prepared for anything.

We are excited to report that Ellery’s Campbell’s Tomato Soup Commercial is airing at this time. Now for the scoop on the soup:

I mean, wow, a national Campbell’s commercial!

The Auditioning Process: we recently learned that when it comes to auditioning, there’s really no such thing as “the conventional process”

Fade back ~ It’s June, a Friday, and we receive a late-night commercial call for an early-the-next-morning, Santa Monica audition. At this point, we had only been on a total of two Saturday auditions within the last year. We get there and it's rush, hurry, don’t worry with filling out all the call sheet details. Don’t get me wrong; everyone at casting was very nice, just not the usual suspects. I’m standing there when Ellery and a little friend walk out of the audition laughing. They had just stepped past over the threshold ( emerging from the doors into which no parent ever goes) when the casting team asked for the two girls to come back in: “hey, bring those two back in please.” The door shuts. Five minutes later and we are on our way.

At the time it seemed like such a unique audition experience, and I did not expect to hear anything further from it.

Fast forward ~ it’s the next day - Sunday afternoon - and we are buying a cell phone when I get the call from casting. I take the call. “Hi, is this Ellery’s dad? This is casting for Campbell’s and we need to get Ellery’s sizes. She has booked the Tomato Soup commercial”.

I freeze, smile, show the family two thumbs up and thank casting a few times before getting off the phone. We laugh with excitement; I jump and give Ellery a high-five followed by a quick family celebration hug. We are ROCKING ON!!!

The funny thing was, before this audition I had never placed my cell number on a size sheet. I had never received a direct call from casting for a booking,... and never on a Sunday.

This is Campbell’s Soup; I would have expected a call on Monday from our management team. The moral is, anything is possible, so be prepared for anything at any given time. Always show a positive attitude and give your best performance. Oh, and celebration hugs are always Mmm, Mmm Good!