A Discovery of Witches
Adam Sklar, who left Mary Hare in 2012 has landed a role in Sky One's 'A Discovery of Witches'.
After leaving Mary Hare, Adam went on to study Film and Television at Southampton Solent University. We asked him what he is doing now and how he landed this exciting role.
'At the moment, I'm currently developing an independent video game, after having released my first one in 2019 with a small team.
Funnily enough I didn't do anything specific to get into film! I saw an open casting call for a spoken deaf/hard-of-hearing role for television. Having seen casting calls for deaf actors before, they usually always had sign-language as a pre-requisite, something I don't know much of. But I decided to go for it anyway.
A Discovery Of Witches is my first ever role on screen, and it was simultaneously very exciting and terrifying for my first role to be a spoken one in a considerably well-known show. A lot of the scenes were filmed in a dark interior setting, paired with quiet and soft-spoken characters, which made it difficult at first to know exactly when it was my turn to speak. I was surrounded by a hugely supportive cast and crew, and I rarely felt overwhelmed by my worry of letting any of these experienced professionals (both cast and crew) down. I wrote a lot about my experiences filming this as a deaf actor on my Instagram @Sklarlight.
Filming took place in Cardiff, where I stayed on and off for 5 weeks in order to film my scenes for Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the show's second season. The first time I was called in was to Oxford for measuring, but after that, it was always in Cardiff at Pinewood Studio.
I'm applying for agencies and currently have been accepted by one non-exclusive agency. I'm keeping an eye out for any other opportunities! Before A Discovery Of Witches, I wasn't 100% certain if acting was something I wanted to pursue; this experience would determine that for me, and it really helped me realise that it's something I love doing.
When I saw this open casting call, a big part of me was tempted to not even try, I didn't think I'd ever get it and a part of me thought I'd rather save myself from any potential disappointment. However, another part of me thought it couldn't hurt to try, and it really doesn't hurt to try. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have got this amazing opportunity.'
We will be following Adam's progress and hope to see him in more films in the future.