Now that’s dead-ication.
A Kentucky man demonstrated the facility of social media after touchdown a task on “CSI: Vegas” because of a macabre TikTok problem that noticed him play lifeless in public for nearly a 12 months.
“I dropped the cellphone in disbelief,” Josh Nalley, 42, informed The Submit of the second he discovered about his dying star-making second.
The restaurant supervisor posed lifeless on the bottom for 321 days in his marketing campaign for stardom, pretending to be lifeless at varied areas across the Bluegrass State.
Nalley informed The Submit he started the development as a result of he was “bored” to dying however turned it right into a yearlong audition for the hit CBS present.
Showrunners awarded Nalley the “posthumous” half after seeing his every day tryout on TikTok, the place he’s racked up 4.3 million views.
Josh Nalley has pretended to be lifeless on digital camera practically on daily basis for a 12 months.
Nalley is an skilled within the discipline of artwork imitating dying.
“I’m fortunate to dwell in part of the state the place there’s like some fairly first rate parks which might be deserted that if you happen to’re going to dump a physique, that’d be the place you’re going to dump them,” Nalley informed The Submit whereas describing location-scouting for his corpse cosplay.
Whereas Nalley, a restaurant supervisor, wasn’t paid for a task, showrunners did float his flight to LA in addition to his resort room.
Shortly after casting administrators flew him out to California for filming, Nalley — who posts underneath the identify @living_dead_josh — introduced his cameo on TikTok, in fact. In a clip seen over 323,00 occasions, he splayed out “lifeless” on the star-spangled Hollywood Stroll of Fame in Los Angeles because the “CSI” theme track “Who Are You” performs within the background.
Nalley might be in Episode 6, which airs Nov. 3, directed by Mario Van Peebles, whom he met throughout manufacturing.
The Elizabethtown resident posted his first stiff-simulation video in October 2021 and, since then, he’s amassed 351 corpse-cosplaying clips.
“I’m fortunate to dwell in part of the state the place there’s like some fairly first rate parks which might be deserted that if you happen to’re going to dump a physique, that’d be the place you’re going to dump them,” Nalley mentioned.
One clip sees him splayed out on a river financial institution as he performs lifeless within the water whereas one other exhibits the “stiff actor” mendacity inclined on the bottom underneath the Corvette Museum register Bowling Inexperienced. Nalley even filmed himself hanging mock-lifelessly from a rope like in a Western.
One 12 months later, Nalley has amassed practically 115,000 followers just by enjoying possum.
Whereas enjoying lifeless could appear like a job you may do mendacity down, it really requires lots of observe, Nalley mentioned.
“It’s lots of holding your breath and attempting to not transfer, particularly if you happen to’re in an uncomfortable place,” the aspiring TV star informed The Submit. “I’ve realized that even if you happen to’re holding your breath and attempting to not transfer, you’re going to maneuver involuntarily particularly if you happen to obtained like a rock in your again.”
“Not often do we discover an actor as effectively ready to play a corpse as Josh,” “CSI: Vegas” showrunner Jason Tracey informed The Submit. “It was a pleasure watching him work. He’s a professional at this dying factor.”
Whereas he’s turn into considerably of an skilled at being lifeless, there are some office hazards, so to talk.
“Bugs and laying on the bottom by no means trouble me,” he mentioned. “It’s moving into bizarre positions on the bottom. I attempt to search for locations that aren’t that loopy and I make sure that it’s clear. Skinned up my knees and knuckles on rocks and stuff however it’s all for the artwork.”
Thankfully, working himself to dying has paid dividends because it doesn’t take “as many takes to do them [death scenes] now,” Nalley mentioned.
It additionally helped him put together for the grueling manufacturing course of on “CSI: Vegas.”
“I used to be on set for about 5 hours with all of the completely different takes and angles I needed to get,” the working stiff mentioned. “It was all mendacity down. I used to be on a gurney for that complete 5 hours.”
Nalley mentioned it was a metallic gurney, however they supplied a heating pad to maintain him heat.
“At one level, I’m like ‘Can y’all flip this off, I’m getting a little bit heat and I don’t wish to sweat the prosthetics off,’ ” he mentioned.
Whereas Nalley hasn’t “totally determined” what he’ll do sooner or later, he mentioned he undoubtedly desires to “preserve doing TikToks.” He mentioned he wasn’t paid for his function on “CSI: Vegas,” however he mentioned he’s nonetheless considering persevering with his foray into Hollywood.
“I would nonetheless strive for one more present or a film.”
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