My first impression of Michael Tanner Cusuamano was not a very good one. I should have known that when I first met him, when he was picking up a mutual friend from my house, when he refused to even say hello and introduce himself to me, that it was a red flag. This guy thinks he's too good, to even talk to me and be polite, even though I let him enter my home.
A couple days later, I got a call from that mutual friend, that Tanner needed a SFX Make-up Artist, because his dropped out on the last minute. As a favor to my friend, I agreed to take the job, even though it was last minute. As soon as I agreed, my friend put Tanner on the phone and we had a mutual agreement that I would work. So naturally I told him, hey I need the script so I can determine a budget for the effects. There wasn't much time to prep, so I needed it write away. So Tanner agreed he would get it to me asap.
Three days before the shoot, I see Tanner again, and I asked for a script, he said he would send it to me.
The following day, which would have been one of my last days to prep for the film, he called me around 5:45pm, saying that he had to go with another make-up artist.
This was completely unprofessional to lead someone on thinking they have work, yet they cancel on you on last minute. Not only was this a favor, I had canceled previous arrangements to work on his film, and yet he does this to me. I was asked personally to work on this film as a favor, and then he essentially screws me over.
If you ever come across Tanner Films or Michael Tanner Cusuamano and his associates, run!
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