Last week, while I was out with one of my PR clients, I happened to find myself having drinks at the Dean Street Townhouse. Table service was shockingly slow so I opted to head to the bar.
Having order my drinks I struck up conversation with a chap who was sitting at the bar (I can’t for the life of me remember how or indeed why). He mentioned that he had just come from a private viewing of a new film by a well-known US studio (which, incidentally, rhymes with ‘box’) so I casually mentioned my return to Acting. By the time the drinks had been poured and I returned to my table, I was in receipt of his business card.
Naturally, once back home I popped his name (I’m not going to be so crass as to ‘name drop’ here) into a well-known search engine and up came his Wikipedia page, which says he is an award-winning film producer.
Armed with his email address and a verbal agreement to get in touch I dispatched an email. Not that I have much to offer – a (very) dated CV and a short but succinct cover note. Nonetheless I felt getting in touch quickly was better than waiting until I had all the necessary collateral/credits etc. So, off the email went into the ether.
From everything I have read (and from my previous experience) I wasn’t expecting to hear anything. You can therefore imagine my surprise when I found in my inbox an email asking me to keep him posted of my progress!!
I will naturally do so and who know what will come of it. It does, however, go to show that you never know where, and indeed when, you might meet someone that can help your career….
William Baylis 