Austin

Listening to the Pod Meets World and they had Brian Austin Green on. He was talking about why he uses his middle name, and it turns out he made up “Austin” because he didn’t have one and needed it to join SAG, since no two actors can have the same name.

It made me laugh because I had a similar experience. When I joined SAG, I started going by Erik Mario Austin. Mario is my real middle name, but “Austin” was made up, my friend Kristin actually came up with it. At the time, my real last name was considered “too ethnic,” and I was told I probably wouldn’t get called in because of it.

Ahh… different times.

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