The dream job
Sky-high this summer! Making a living as an actor can be tricky when you live in a small country like Iceland. Many actors get temporary or parttime jobs in order to pay their bills. Actors and friends, Ingi Hrafn Hilmarsson and Tryggvi Rafnsson, got their summer job with WOW air in an unconventional way. by Bergrún Íris Sævarsdóttir Photos: Birtingur photo collection
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e were preparing our applica tion for a summer job with WOW air when we got a sur prising phone call” says Ingi Hrafn. “The good people at WOW air were planning their Christmas party and needed two actors to pose as clumsy waitors.” The party was held in Viðey, a small island in Kollafjörður. “Before we knew it, we were on the ferry heading there and we knew that the gig was either going to guarantee us the summer job or ruin our chances com pletely.” The party guests had no clue that the two actors weren’t in fact waitors and their hillarious mishaps put a fun twist to the even ing. “We’re not sure what landed us the job. Perhaps it was Tryggvi taking his shirt off and giving everyone shots, or the pull-up competi tion between me and WOW air’s CEO, Skúli Mogensen. Either way, we can’t wait to get to work.” The actors are certain that working for the airline will improve their acting skills. “All life experiences mold you as an actor and when you work as cabin crew you meet and interact with all kinds of people and different characters. The job isn’t all that different from acting. You put on your uniform and get in the role, with the whole airplane as your stage.“
38 ı WOW is in the air
Actors on board: Actor friends Ingi Hrafn and Tryggvi landed their dream summer job as cabin crew with WOW air.