That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse

EME IKWUAKOR: Booking Matlock from an Airplane Bathroom & Embracing "You Are Enough"

Oct 29, 2024

50:17

Alyshia and Eme Ikwuakor explore his remarkable journey from a seven-month dry spell in acting, during which he feared his reps might drop him, to booking MOONFALL and THE GRAY MAN within just two days. Eme reflects on how a childhood poster of Will Smith in Independence Day inspired him to manifest his dreams of working with industry icons like Roland Emmerich and Halle Berry. He also shares how he nearly turned down an audition for On My Block and how Joe Dispenza’s book Becoming Supernatural transformed his perspective on the industry. Eme recounts unforgettable on-set moments, including an incident where he fell out of a Humvee moving at 30 mph. Additionally, he reveals how he kept his cool during a Zoom callback for Matlock, conducted from an airplane—an experience Alyshia ranks among her top five favorite audition stories.

These are the unforgettable stories that landed Eme Ikwuakor right here.

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IMDB: Eme Ikwuakor: Actor, Producer, Writer

Credits:

Matlock
The Gray Man
Marvel's Inhumans
On My Block
Moonfall
Counterpart
Extant

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