After many weeks of silence I was happy to hear from my agent again . She had a casting for me -stills for a new product for the treatment of psoriasis.

When I arrived everyone was handing in their composites. But wait, composite…. isn´t that something models are supposed to have?

I positioned myself strategically next to the casting director assistant to see how the guy before me executed the task. I could see him balancing on a stool making funny faces, ‘show me your smile’, click-click, ‘lift your chin’, click-click, ‘add some mystery’, waving his arms and legs in the air.

I am sure I know that face. Of course, it’s the guy in the Uniqlo ad I pass by everyday outside Mile End station.

Right before my turn the assistant to the casting director turned to me and said “It’s not easy to look great in such an absurd situation. That’s why we called professional models for this casting”