Soooo bad, it hurts

I ran across this while browsing YouTube this morning - it's an audition for Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam film Full Metal Jacket.

Wow, how did Brian Atene (the guy in this video) NOT get the part?

Thank God he didn't, or we would have been deprived of a very well done movie about Vietnam if this guy would have been in it.

As it is now, I rate Full Metal Jacket right behind Platoon as the best Vietnam movie to date.

I have to say this about Atene, though - he gives hope to horrific actors everywhere, because just about anyone could make a better audition tape than this one.

Surprisingly, when this first hit the Internet, Atene was contacted, and he's no longer acting.

Aren't we missing out on a wonderful talent?