Jonathan B. McKennon III as Cosmo
Character Description
Cosmo is your classic oddball detective, as kooky as Ace Ventura, as inept as Inspector Clouseau, but with his own brand of crazy. His social graces are lacking, he’s a magnet for especially unattractive women, and he listens to Weird Al in his car (in fact, he is a Weird Al junkie). His prominent quirk is that he struggles with the word “foresight,” and is always confusing it with similar words such as “foreplay,” “foreskin,” and “forecast.” This makes for some awkward and often hilarious slip-ups.
Scene Description
This snippet was taken from an idea for an absurdist comedy.
Cosmo Mallet, oddball and clumsy wisecracker, is paired with the highly polished, straight-laced Stuart Jepsen. Together, they must catch a serial killer who targets the elderly. The ruckus at the department store is centered around the murder of an elderly night watchman, the latest victim of the elusive antagonist. In the absurd world of the story, the police department is selling tickets to shoppers and allowing them to see the crime scene, which is why there’s so many people hanging around when Cosmo and Stuart show up.
Written by Patrick Bradford
Donna Gafford
ActressWonderful Jonathan! Funny & ridiculous and real!
Mark Miertschin
ActorGood job! I liked your "Prove it!" Nice job walking into the frame. Nice choice of shirt.
Kirk Hill
ActorLooked like a fun part. Good facial expressions, just lost the touch with the reaction to the mannequin "proof" action. Nice shirt choice. Good luck.
Kip Yates
ActorYou have a great sense of comedic timing. When you first appeared in the loud shirt, I thought, oh no, he's going to do a Jim Carrey, but you, sir, made this part all your own and had me belly-laughing by the end.
Rachael Brown
ActressWhat a fun shoot! You came in strong and were giving Ace Ventura vibes with those facial expressions. I think it was a good choice to go bold with the clothing and personality. Physical actions were all great and I think you gave this character some depth, which is hard to do in a short slapstick kind of scene.
Jessica Packard
ActressHaha! This version was brilliant.
Loved your moment to moment thoughts happening before speaking, and you really taking in the environment. It was clear because of your specific eyelines.
I also enjoyed how you made him quirky without moving your body all over the place. It played well on screen. We can see his personality come through with little movement distractions. Well done!
