The Manicou Report

Sullivan Walker at right

Trinidadian film star Sullivan Walker has been, for the past month, looking for a few aspiring actors from Trinidad and Tobago. On Saturday night C aired a segment about him, but I only caught the tail end of it. So I was happy when the Sunday Guardian did a short piece on him.

Mr. Walker is back in Trinidad and Tobago to screen actors for a number of stage productions he is working on. The productions (four in all) are (1) A Season in Tobago - which will highlight life in Tobago (2)How to Make it in Hollywood with a Trinidadian accent - which will mirror his own voyage from New York to Hollywood, (3) Boy Days, which focuses on growing up in T&T and (4) a play about Caribbean women.

He has stated in the article that he is trying to give back and recognizes that although we have problems here in Trinidad, he hopes he can “inspire people enough to work out these problems.

Mr. Walker who has acted in TV series such as The Cosby Show, Law and Order SVU as well as movies such as The Firm and Get Rich or Die Tryin’, will be here for at least 2 more weeks searching for actors. However, the Guardian article does not say where those auditions will be held. The only venue given was for a place called “Mangoes” on Independence Square, but the time for that audition came and went this past Saturday. Mr. Walker does say that auditions will take place around the country, so I guess we’ll have to keep our ears open.