How Akeem Mair and Wesley Mair Generated over a Million Views Landing the Apex Legends Commercial
If there is one thing that can be credited to rising actor Akeem Mair, it is his unique gift to attract exciting opportunities without breaking a sweat. While he is best known for his rare acting talent, the 32-year-old is also gifted with knowing when to be in the right place at the right time. His most recent major project involved a major commercial production for Apex Legends together with his younger brother Wesley Mair, and it was as if the project was destined to be theirs right from the very beginning.
Apex Legends, a video hero battle royale game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, announced a casting call for two brothers to appear in their commercial last December. Akeem received an email announcing the details, and seeing that real-life brothers were needed, it immediately gave him the idea to convince his brother to audition with him. The opportunity instantly made him recall memories of him and his brother playing Super Nintendo when they were kids and how they would absolutely suit the roles. Without batting an eyelash, Akeem excitedly got in touch with his agent Sarah Angeli from Commercial Talent Agency and asked her to sign him up, along with his brother, for an audition.
In his mind, Akeem only wanted to grab the opportunity. If Apex Legends does not like him and his brother, he has decided to just move forward and be on the lookout for the next potential project. Much to his surprise, he received word from the Apex Legends team accepting his interest to audition together with his brother. Akeem’s joy at the moment he received the confirmation was priceless to say the least.
Without wasting any time, he immediately got in touch with his brother as they needed to submit their audition the next day no later than 10 in the morning. The night before the audition, Akeem barely slept a wink. The next day, however, he was up by 8 AM and rushed to his brother’s place to set up the studio light and green backdrop. Both Akeem and Wesley agreed to play the Apex Legends video game while delivering the script on camera, believing that this approach would catch the attention of their potential employers.
As it turns out, the Apex Legends production team loved the two’s ideas. They finally got a call a few days later to come in the next day to meet the director Shelley Lewis, who found their audition so original and authentic. The day they met Lewis, Akeem and Wesley were made to perform the script all over again, this time with actual console controllers and headsets. Both
Lewis and producer Nathaniel Greene could not stop laughing at the brothers’ natural chemistry. After their first try, they were asked to do another scenario. This time, Lewis asks them to pretend to be bickering back and forth, which became a natural execution for Akeem and Wesley as they always fight over video games.
In January this year, Akeem and Wesley did the commercial shoot for Apex Legends, a first for them as brothers. If there is anything that Akeem learned from the experience, it is that sometimes the best experiences in life are those that involve family. His once-in-a-lifetime experience with Wesley and Apex Legends is definitely one for the books.
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