{"id":486421,"date":"2022-08-21T00:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T21:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-actor-wont-do-casting-calls-until-big-apple-crime-decreases\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T00:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T21:31:37","slug":"nyc-actor-wont-do-casting-calls-until-big-apple-crime-decreases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-actor-wont-do-casting-calls-until-big-apple-crime-decreases\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC actor won&#8217;t do casting calls until Big Apple crime decreases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27821078cf0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27821078cf0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-actor-wont-do-casting-calls-until-big-apple-crime-decreases\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_actor_wont_do_casting_calls_until_Big_Apple_crime_decreases%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC actor won&#8217;t do casting calls until Big Apple crime decreases&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_actor_wont_do_casting_calls_until_Big_Apple_crime_decreases%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC actor won&#8217;t do casting calls until Big Apple crime decreases&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>This actor has stage fright \u2014 when it comes to the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le.<\/p>\n<p>Jorge J. Prieto is \u201cso afraid\u201d of Gotham\u2019s surging crime, he \u201cwon\u2019t answer any casting calls until New York City is safe again,\u201d he told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old struggling thespian left Queens for Manchester, N.J., in January to escape the mayhem, and estimated he\u2019s taken himself out of the running for at least 40 gigs \u2014 ironically,  including some in the \u201cLaw &amp; Order\u201d franchise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jorge J. Prieto\" class=\"wp-image-23546475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Preito said he hasn\u2019t really worked since COVID hit. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah for New York Pos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prieto joined the Screen Actors Guild in 2019, and worked frequently, appearing in the NBC medical drama <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cNew Amsterdam\u201d that same year season and three episodes of \u201cPower: Book 2\u201d in December 2019 and a fourth episode in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then COVID hit and everything stopped,\u201d he said. \u201cThen the crime wave hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince January 2020, I haven\u2019t really worked,\u201d said Prieto, who makes ends meet off his savings, disability checks from a spinal injury in 2016 and rent he receives from a condo tenant.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen the calls come, you have to be on the set at 5 or 6 in the morning,\u201d he added. \u201cThe majority of the calls are in Manhattan or Brooklyn, sometimes The Bronx. I\u2019m worried about being assaulted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prieto\u2019s personal claim to fame should have been as an extra in Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d but his appearance ended up on the cutting room floor, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Prieto said he worked 15 days in the spring and summer of 2019 on that blockbuster film and on \u201cIn the Heights,\u201d pocketing $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-foot-6, 158-pound Prieto, who said he\u2019s normally cast as \u201ca victim\u201d in theater or non-speaking roles in film and TV, said $184 pay for eight hours work is not worth his risk to ride the rails or walk the streets in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>As a teen, the Queens native said he was assaulted three times, including once in 1979 when an armed robber put a gun to his head while he was flipping burgers at McDonald\u2019s in Corona, where his 86-year-old dad still lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The gunman] told my manager, you had better open the safe or I\u2019m going to blow his head off,\u201d Prieto recalled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jorge J. Prieto\" class=\"wp-image-23546473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/jorge-prieto-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>As a teen, Prieto said he was assaulted three times. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stefan Jeremiah for New York Pos<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u2019s not willing to play Russian Roulette with his life now, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read all these stories about people being attacked \u2014 like the guy who was sucker-punched just standing on the sidewalk \u2014 and now he [the suspect] is out,\u201d Prieto said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Prieto believes Mayor Adams\u2019 \u201chands are tied\u201d and it\u2019s up to other elected officials to change their tune on bail reform, including soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBragg. That guy has got to go!\u201d Prieto said.<\/p>\n<p>His acting career in NYC is on hold until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would have to be something really big, where you get paid more. I would sacrifice by paying for an Uber,\u201d he said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Jorge J. Prieto is \u201cso afraid\u201d of Gotham\u2019s surging crime, he \u201cwon\u2019t answer any casting calls until New York City is safe again,\u201d he told the Post. 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