Multi-Facial

Multi-Facial is a 1995 short film directed, written, produced, scored by, and starring Vin Diesel. The story depicts the professional and emotional issues faced by a multiracial actor. The film was noticed by Steven Spielberg, who would cast Diesel in Saving Private Ryan (1998). The film was released on DVD in 1999.

Plot

Mike (Vin Diesel), a struggling actor with tattooed biceps, auditions for a role as an Italian man. He delivers a profanity-laced anecdote in an Italian accent, about getting into a fight with another man in a restaurant for looking at his girlfriend. The anecdote ends with Mike saying that he discovered the man was a homosexual, so he beat up his girlfriend instead, and is surprised that she doesn't call him anymore.

The casting director expresses interest and has Mike speak Italian before telling him they'll get back to him. When the director asks Mike where the monologue came from, Mike says that it's a true story that happened to his friend. Outside, Mike calls his manager without an Italian accent. He complains about the monologue, which wasn't a true story, saying it was offensive and worries that it will keep him from getting the job. He wipes the fake tattoo off his arm and goes to his next audition.