Acting : Pitching actors agents through stage 32 by Carlos de La Torre

After all, what would be the expense for an Actor's Agent to hire a reader to take a look at these "written pitches" on a daily basis. I might be wrong but a TON of screenwriters that want to succeed will send out their pitches "only" to those specific actors agents who's voice they had in mind when writing the script and why can't an Actor have access to choose from thousands of scripts written with their own "voice"?....In the meantime we have to hear from an Agent: "I know the actors you have in mind agents but I can't get them to seriously consider anything that doesn't have an A list director or is already financed....

Once you have an agent that now knows you screenwriter have written a script where your main protagonists would probably negotiate once a producer goes for it and if the deal is good.....then your agent would feel more at ease working along with you.....hahaha! It might sound like I'm talking a lot of crab here....but I don't care I'm just a mortal and I believe I speak for the majority of them!

"We mortals" can limit who we send our script to. Any writer who wants to send out their pitches "only" to those specific actors agents who's voice they had in mind when writing the script can do so. Yes, there are challenges. Sometimes agents do say, "I know the actors you have in mind agents but I can't get them to seriously consider anything that doesn't have an A list director or is already financed." But "we mortals" can do exactly what you think would be great. Isn't that great?

Yessssss!!

Yes, my comment was from my good friend agent and now manager (not my agent) that would gladly like to help....but there's that barrier...As if most of these actors were untouchables!

Most of the barriers are understandable, are they not? An actor can only make a few movies a year. Yet there are 1,000 to 5,000 (as you said "a TON") of writers who are writing for their "voice" and want their script read and considered. I wouldn't say the actors are untouchable - just that it is physically impossible to read all the scripts from all the writers who are writing for them. Not to mention expensive and time consuming. But we CAN send out "written pitches" to the agents of those actors that we've written a script with their "voice" in mind.

I understand. But don't you think this way they have more material to choose from a variety of roles and with better chances for an academy award? I don't know about the expenses but not every actor will receive that many written pitches on a daily basis that can not be handled by a single reader. Marcus, I would love to know how an agent of mine can send a written pitch to the agents of the two actors I have in mind....hahaha!

No, I don't think having more material to choose from give actors a better chances for an Academy Award. A chance at the Oscar is rarely what drives an actor to pick a project. Honestly, a solid 95% of the screenplays written are terrible so there is no reason for an actors agent to broaden the amount of pitches they get. An agent of yours can send a written pitch to the agents of the two actors you have in mind by email or good, ol' fashion snail mail. More often it's called a query letter - letter of inquiry. Actors agents get them all the time. Your agent will know exactly what to do. But if you're asking about "we mortals" (I assume writers without an agent) then the writer can send a query letter to an actors agent.

Thanks for the great advice Marcus I will try this through an agent. Good Day!