Farris Patton didn't want to be a movie star. She wanted to be in commercials."When I was a kid, my mom would watch soap operas, and I'd be watching the commercials and mimicking every single thing," Patton remembers. "Everything I did was a commercial, from brushing my teeth to taking a drink of soda. There's all these home videos of me doing, like, a Dr Pepper commercial."Today she's living a "commercial actor's dream" as the spokeswoman for Orbit gum in its 10-years-and-running "Dirty mouth?" campaign. In April 2010, Patton replaced Vanessa Branch, who originated the role, as the Orbit Girl, a charming British woman who cleans up dirty mouths with Orbit gum.The company wanted to find someone very similar to Branch for the part. To prepare for her audition, Patton watched YouTube videos of Branch's work and went to the callback dressed in the character's standard white suit and scarf,...
- 9/7/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Suzy Evans)
- backstage.com
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