AUDITIONS CBS puts out call for 'Elvis'

Auditions are open to the public and are set for only six hours.
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Elvis Presley impersonators and wannabes are invited to descend on Los Angeles' CBS Television City on Nov. 10 when the network holds open auditions for the lead role in the upcoming four-hour miniseries "Elvis."
Rather than going with an established name for the part, CBS is inviting actors ages 18-33 to show up and sing 10 bars of an Elvis song for a chance at stardom. The only requirements appear to be a headshot, a r & eacute;sum & eacute; and "singing ability, charisma and likeness to Elvis."
The auditions are open to the public and CBS has set aside only six hours (from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.), so when the network says "first come, first served," you'd best believe it.
Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari ("Six Feet Under") are executive producing the miniseries with Howard Braunstein and Michael Jaffe ("10.5," "The Rosa Parks Story"). "Elvis" is the first television project about the King of Rock 'n' Roll to move forward with the support of the Presley estate, allowing for the use of original master recordings of Elvis songs.
Mixed blessing?
Playing Elvis may be a dream, but it isn't necessarily a sure ticket to stardom. Michael St. Gerard starred in the ABC original "Elvis" and also played the legend on an episode of "Quantum Leap" and in the features "Great Balls of Fire!" and "Heart of Dixie" and was last seen opposite legendary Italian porn star (and member of parliament) Cicciolina in the 1994 feature "Replikator."
Of course, Val Kilmer ("True Romance"), Kurt Russell ("Elvis"), Don Johnson ("Elvis and the Beauty Queen,"), Bruce Campbell ("Bubba Ho-Tep") and Harvey Keitel ("Finding Graceland") have all played Elvis without suffering career backlash.