Today’s question comes from godtisx:
There is an actor I wrote [a] feature film for as a lead. And I would like to pitch him first. But my plan was to pitch him and the director of photography then use their promise to raise the money through the industry and angel investors.
The problem is I really don’t want it to sit on someone’s desk, I would like to get it to him to read for a yes or no.
Do you as a writer think it skates a line to ask a personal contact of the actor to have a look then pass along? And do you think the manager will have me on the s-t list for not coming to them? Out of curiosity, I was wondering what you would do, and if going straight to the actor was common in LA.
It seems to me that the heart of this question is about networking. Setting aside the feasibility of whether or not your script is up to snuff, whether the actor will like it, and whether you’ll be able to get interested investors, what you’re really asking is what is acceptable etiquette when dealing with contacts that you have made in the industry — in this case, a friend of the actor.
