Seriously.... Meet the New THONG GIRL!

Every once in awhile the heavens open up and fortune smiles on one very lucky bastard; this time, dear friends, that bastard is me! There is a new Thong Girl patrolling the skies of Music City, USA and, rest assured, Music City is in very good hands. Meet Audra Lynn, the new Thong Girl.
Audra, as I mentioned in the last blog, is a model and an actress from Minnesota, now living in Los Angeles. She saw a posting for the lead role of Thong Girl on a national casting call site; once again, the amazing power of the internet has worked in our favor. As with the ThongGate incident, where I posted a blog thanking the mayor of Gallatin for letting us use his office and it spread all the way to China (literally), I posted an ad with a local casting agency and it spread to several different national sites...and that's where our story begins.
Audra has been in numerous magazines and made appearances on television shows such as Frasier, MAD TV, the X Files and David Letterman, but she's been trying to get more work in motion pictures. She made a brief appearance in 20th Century Fox's "Epic Movie" and she's worked on a few indie films, but she was looking for a lead role in a film that would showcase her talent and beauty. That's when she happened upon the ad for a crimefighting superhero who fights crime in a thong bikini. She checked out the website and thought that it looked like a lot of fun and a role that she could really make her own.
When we talked on the phone she mentioned that she and her girlfriend like to go to comic book conventions (a beautiful nerd?) and she asked about the Nashville Con. We worked out the details and, lo and behold, here was Miss Audra Lynn, Playboy Playmate Oct. 2003 standing next to yours truly, wearing the cape we got at Wal-Mart and the sparkly platform boots and signing autographs as Thong Girl!
Audra flew in on Thursday night and on Friday we did a photo shoot at my good buddy Paul Griffin's photo studio (see attached pic). Paul took about 400 photos and we settled on two shots that we used for 8X10's and a big poster. Audra has a lot of her stuff from her Playboy days that she sells and the response was really, really great. Not only were people excited about meeting a real Playboy centerfold, but they seemed to really like the idea of her also being a superhero in a bikini (no-brainer there). It was a really fun weekend and I was really encouraged by the positive response. Audra seemed especially popular with the little kids. We had numerous little boys and girls come up to have their picture taken with the new Thong Girl - while their Dads checked out her Playboy portfolio!
All things Thong aside... I had the best time just hanging out with Audra all weekend. She is absolutely the kindest and most humble person you'd ever want to meet. In a business that can be cut-throat and devious, she has stayed unjaded and kind and sensitive while still remaining a consummate professional. She's parlayed her career as a model into a lucrative business and now she wants to expand her talents into the world of film.
So I'm planning on spending the next three months working hard to make the next Thong Girl movie bigger and better than ever. I'm writing the script to showcase my new star's exceptional beauty and charm and I'm working up a storyline that will take Thong Girl places that she's never been. The working title for the new film is "Thong Girl 4: The Body Electric" and this movie will be based on historical events that transcend into current events. That's all I can say for now, but I'm really excited about the new movie and I'm hoping to start casting after the first of the year and do a basic read-thru when Audra comes back to town for the ConNooga Convention in February in Chattanooga. I'm also hoping to do some shooting in L.A. - a lifelong dream of mine - so Audra won't have to travel back and forth as much.
Well, it's time to dig in and get to work on the new screenplay. In the meantime, Desi is finishing up the new comic book - our 4th - and the guys from DeVry University will begin work on the new TG video game next month. That will take about a year to complete but it's something I've been dreaming about doing for a long time.
I'll keep you posted as to the progress of the new film and look for updates on the website (www.thonggirlfilms.com) in the coming months. In the meantime, you can check out Audra's MySpace page at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=37530933 and if you didn't make it to the Nashville ComiCon you can purchase Audra's rare collectable items AND the new autographed Thong Girl photos on her Ebay store page http://stores.ebay.com/Pinup-Emporium.