Haiesha Mistry used to work five jobs a day to fund her acting auditions.
The ‘Hollyoaks’ star – who has portrayed Yasmine Maalik since April 2017 – was left flabbergasted after reading some advice suggesting actors should hire a studio to record self-tapes, insisting not every budding star can afford such a luxury.
She wrote on Twitter: "I read a tweet recently about how actors should hire a studio to do self tapes! Like what is this nonsense?! Once I was holding down 5 jobs including a day job to fund auditions etc so where these pp think we get the money from I have no idea… (sic)"
Haiesha has called for stars to "ignore the bad advice" and "listen to the good".
She added: "Fellow Actors please ignore the BAD advice and listen to the good! (sic)"
The ‘Oaks’ star also pointed people in the direction of "real advice" from Hollyoaks’ casting director Peter Hunt.
In the tweet Haiesha referred to, Peter wrote: "Lovely actors… just to let you know I’m more than happy with selftapes shot on a smartphone! You DON’T need to spend lots of money having them done professionally! My main advice is try and get it landscape, a plain background, somewhere with a bit of good light! The end (sic)"
Former ‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Emmerdale’ actress Hayley Tamaddon appeared to agree with his comments, as she tweeted back numerous thumbs up emojis.
Casting director Andy Pryor – who has worked on the likes of ‘Gentleman Jack’ and ‘Doctor Who’ – tweeted: "Actors, please beware dud advice on Twitter, encouraging you to waste money. You definitely don’t need to hire casting studios to self-tape.(sic)"
Haiesha Mistry worked 5 jobs a day to fund acting auditions
