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Monday, October 3, 2016
Howe man appears in Magnificent Seven movie shared a conversation. "What they tell us is that you don't talk to any of the lead actors unless they talk to you." said Hayes. "So, I followed that advice and he initiated the conversation and that's how I got to talk to him. We just made small talk really, but it was nice." Hayes' role has him standing next to a fence in a gambling scene. What he said was a 60-second scene took 12 hours of shooting on set one day and another eight hours the following day. "It's a very long time-consuming process. The second day I was there was the very last day of the project to wrap the entire film. So Class of 2011 Howe High School we all celebrated after that. It was graduate Wes Hayes waited until his last semester of high school his very meaningful to all the actors there." said Hayes. senior year to figure out that he wanted to have a career in acting. Hayes said that most of the actors It was by chance that Hayes got were very nice and that they acted involved with theater and was heavily influenced by Mr. Wright, with the same courtesy as one would expect. There was only one the Howe High School director. actor that kept to himself and didn't "I didn't know what I was going to talk to anyone and even secluded do in life until I got in that theater themselves from anyone. (For Hayes' careers sake, you will have class." said Hayes. "That one semester was all it took and I knew to ask him for the name.) what I wanted to do in life." Hayes said that seeing himself on the screen was both exciting and His journeys through college and marriage took him to Albuquerque, disappointing because it was such a brief moment in the movie. "I New Mexico where he would eventually land with his face seen didn't know what to expect from it. What was really cool about it was for a moment on in Magnificent being in that town where all those Seven, one of the most popular events took place and then seeing movies out today. the town on the big screen and realizing that I've explored that Hayes, a Mass Communications whole town. It was really cool and major and theater minor says that he's not a Facebook enthusiast but humbling at the same time." that it was that social media Recently, he has been on set for a platform that helped him market himself to get connected in the film movie entitled, Granite Mountain which included actors Jeff Bridges industry. and Josh Brolin. He's also appeared "If you're an extra, there's not much on a series called t@gged on go90.com. of an auditioning process. They screen you through your head shot and you'll also send a resume with It may have been for only a glimpse, but most people's career you." said Hayes. "They look for acting experience and the look, as starts that way. far as how tall you are and if you facially fit the needs of a roll." Wes Hayes
The 5', 6" Hayes fit the height and profile and was called through the casting agency. They contacted him and asked if I could come in at 6 am the following morning. "It surprised me they wanted me to come in so quickly." said Hayes. "I went early in the morning and they loaded us on buses and sent us off." While becoming part of the extras in the movie, he was able to meet four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke which Hayes said they
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