BASTIAN
(THREE YEARS AGO)
The audition went perfectly.
They handed me a script and I had twenty minutes to learn the lines before playing a powerful businessman—someone who commands a room, with an ego sky-high, ill-tempered, and above all, arrogant.
Upon arrival, all participants were in a luxurious dressing room. The canapés they served were top-notch, with delicacies like caviar and salmon. We were welcomed with mimosas, and the whole place was set up like a spa. Of all the auditions I'd been to, I had never seen anything quite like it.
The production meant business.
I spent the entire day auditioning and waiting for the next phase, as we were down to five finalists by late afternoon. They dressed us in tailored suits—from Armani to Hugo Boss, suits worth four or five thousand dol
