Well, they gave Mrs. Lovett to the older girl. I was disappointed when I first heard this, but really the more I think about it, the more I think the role they DID give me (the beggar woman, aka Lucy Barker) will be a lot of fun.

What I was told was that they still weren't sure who was better for the part even after the callback audition yesterday, that it was extremely close, blah blah blah. But ultimately they decided this other girl was slightly better at the acting bit, whereas I was slightly better at the singing bit. Since the beggar woman is primarily singing, that just meant in light of the other facts it would make more sense to choose her for the lead and me for the role I got.

I *am* really proud of myself because I got one of the few large roles (and by that, I mean, I got one out of three possible major characters, since they didn't want to do cross-gendered parts in this production) even with all the competition from the older people. (Many of whom do drama for A-Level and probably want to be professional actors someday... *evil grin*) My drama teacher told me NOT TO CRY, expressly, because there were going to be so many other people who were going to be so much more upset because they just didn't get in at all.

All that said... Whatever play they do next time, I'll get the lead then. ;)


ETA: Is it just me, or is Jamie Campbell Bower (who played Anthony in the film) exceedingly cute? :D...