My Stint as a European Rock Star

Here’s a query. What does a “Daft Punk-esque” British rock star wear on stage? If your answer was, “A shabby teal suit jacket, a fat aqua necktie, and a dress shirt with rainbow-striped sleeves that extend past his fingertips,” you’d be absolutely correct! At least according to the wardrobe ladies on the European cell phone commercial I shot last weekend.

You see, somebody thought I made a convincing-enough British tehcno-rock star (due mainly to the goofy David Silver spin I pulled out during the audition– thanks Brian Austin Green!) and cast me in a European cell phone commercial. So I spent last Saturday night pretending to DJ on a giant boat-shaped stage parked in the middle of a fake street on the Paramount backlot in front of 350 extras who were doing The Wave with expertly-choreographed precision.

I’ve got another query for you: what does the aforementioned British rock star’s hair look like?


I fully expect this picture to end up in the dictionary next to the word “Douchebag.”

It took them almost an hour to construct that absurd monstrosity, and as soon as I got to set, the director ordered me back to make-up to have it destroyed. Honestly, I was more than a little bit relieved. While they were building it up with half a dozen types of holding gels and sprays, I just kept reminding myself that this commercial would only be seen in Britain. I couldn’t help but imagine the entire nation of England collectively yelling “Bugger, what rubbish! Take a gander at that absoulte tool!” while I laughed all the way to the bank.

Los Angeles, Work | posted on March 7, 2008 at 4:00 pm
  • there’s a rating scale for levels of amazement and incredulity, which i have dubbed the “WHAT” scale. these repeat utterances are required to be at least semi-involuntary.

    congratulations on 4 consecutives WHAT’s, with a bonus “WHAT THE FUCK” added.

    oh goddamn this is hilarious.


  • Hahaha I’m glad you enjoyed that :D


  • oh, man. too funny.


  • Graham, I’m going to be keeping an eye out for this on TV!


  • This is too funny. It looks like a uniform at a shitty hotel! I just woke Jon up because I was laughing so hard and he said “What the fuck?” but he kind of messed it up because he was still kind of asleep and it was really cute and that made me laugh even more.


  • HAHAHA graham you look fabulous