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By Rebecca Dana, The Daily Beast
When open auditions for "Sex and the City 2" called for "fashion models,
socialites, and soccer players," The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana had to wonder:
Did she have what it takes?
What does it take to land a
non-speaking role as an anonymous party girl in the upcoming "Sex and the City" sequel?
Grit, determination, hours of free time on a weekday, and a high tolerance for pain.
"It's not about what you say, it's about how you look," said a local TV news reporter stationed outside an open casting call for "Sex and the City 2" in New York on a recent Tuesday in August. The woman, dressed in a kicky red knit frock, practiced the line in front of her cameraman, over and over. "It's not about what you say, it's about how you look, for the hopefuls here ..." And repeat.
Photos: On the set of 'Sex and the City 2'
Behind her stood a few hundred of the hopefuls here, myself included, corralled by metal police barricades into a dense mass, four tube-topped thirty-somethings thick. The line wrapped around a full city block. A sidewalk preacher stood by the entrance shouting, "Repent or die!" But otherwise the atmosphere was friendly. There was an octogenarian carrying her headshot and two mothers hauling along antsy kids. Mostly, there were office workers on their lunch breaks and ladies from Long Island queued up for a shot at — well, not quite fame. The most we could hope for was just a more concentrated kind of obscurity ... and a glimpse of Carrie Bradshaw!
June Prensky, 45, and her friend Gina Donaldson, 43, took the early train in from Laurel Hollow, N.Y.
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