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2023 – Aasim Iqbal

Aasim Iqbal is a New York based actor and model. He has been seen on Saturday Night Live, New Amsterdam, and has done work for companies such as Scholastic. If you live in the area and took a Polar Express train ride this season you may have also caught him performing!

1. How have you kept busy during the strike?
I have been keeping busy during the strike by auditioning, training and booking a theatrical role on Polar Express.

2. What do you enjoy most about doing voice over projects?
With voice over projects I get to bring the character to life and become someone else.

3. How did you make the decision to leave your family vacation to go to a film shoot?
I made the decision to leave the vacation because it may help me to become a better actor and give me more experience.

4. What was your shoot for Scholastic like?
The shoot was very fun because it was shoot in a school with other children in a classroom.

5. What was the casting process like for The Polar Express?
The casting process for Polar Express began at a Performing Arts Center at the end of August. It was a lot of people their auditioning for the roles. I believe a lot of people auditioning had a background in musical theatre. I found out in the middle of September I booked it and was super excited.

6. How different has this project been compared to anything else you have done?
It is different because it is a live performance and on a moving train. You have to remember spacing, timing, speaking loud and clearly at all times. You have to be able to improv if something happens while performing.

7. Do you have any funny or memorable stories you can share from being a part of the train experience?
One memorable story is when I was performing as the “Hero Child” and a child in the audience walked up to me while I was performing and reached into my robe and pulled out the golden ticket. I had to improv lines and asked for the ticket back but the child did not give it back. The parents had to take the ticket from the child.

8. What was the best part of returning to Saturday Night Live to do another episode?
The best part of returning to Saturday Night Live was working with really great people and being in the same skit as Martin Short and Steve Martin.

9. Do you have a favorite project you have done more recently?
A favorite project I did was Nickelodeon where I was able to voice a super cool character. It was one of the best times of my life.

10. What are your career goals for 2024?
I would say my career goals for 2024 would continue to become a better actor, and voice over artist.

Is there anything else you would like to add?
I would add to keep training and learning and stay positive because all of the hard work and dedication will pay off.

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