Jonathan Neri a.k.a. Boy Tulis

We first met Jonathan Neri at the CCP auditions. While waiting for his turn to audition, I gave him a monologue that he could read for us when his turn came up. He seemed polite enough, and seemed a little bit shy because he wasn’t yakking it up with his co-auditionees like the others. I gave the monolugue to a bunch of actors who were waiting their turn. Jonathan, I gave because he had the call center fashion down pat, I think he was wearing a sweater or a hoodie, I didn’t think much of it. When his turn to audition came, Onnah whispers to me that he looks like Ugly Betty’s boss. Since I hadn’t seen Pisay, I had no idea that he had acted before. When I saw him in the camera monitor and he began his audition, I knew right away that we had found our guy. He looked and spoke exactly how I envisoned the character of Eric when we were writing the script- just the right blend of charm and dorkiness. On the set, Jonathan earned the nickname “Boy Tulis” because of his uncanny ability to attract women, especially those in the 25 to 29 age range.