Monday 25 July, 2011, the nation’s premier entertainment centre, National Theatre will record its largest patrons as the venue will host thousand of talents for the audition of the maiden edition of ‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star project.
In attendance will be thousands of talents to be auditioned for a chance to star in a Hollywood movie alongside Morris Chestnut. Confirm judges includes casting director Aleta Chappelle who has worked and casted for the following productions ‘Godfather III’,’ Drumline’, ‘Nutty Professor’, ‘Sister Act 2’, ‘New York Stories-Zoe’, ‘Boomerang’, ‘Rambling Rose’, ‘The Outsiders’, ‘Rumble Fish’, ‘Tucker’, ‘Peggy Sue Got Married’, ‘The Cotton Club’ and many more.
‘The Spirited Actor’ – The Search For Africa’s Next Hollywood Star is a new reality show hitting Africa with a bang. It’s very unprecedented. The aim is to recruit acting talents in Africa for the fame and glitz in Hollywood. However, the organizers are focusing on the two West African countries; Ghana and Nigeria whose movie industries lead the other countries on the continent.
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Many doubted the project when TV commercials started rolling but acting coach, Tracey Moore, and film producer & director, Samad Davis, both from the USA, who will work closely with the contestants came down for a press conference in Accra and in Lagos and that silenced the doubters.