Before the holiday weekend, a 20-year-old Georgia State University theater student took a risk. He tweeted a TikTok he’d made featuring his favorite superheros and said, “if y’all can retweet this enough times that Disney calls, that’d be greatly appreciated.”
Well, more than half a million retweets later, it worked.
The tweet from GSU student Julian Bass has gone viral and it caught the attention of some Hollywood bigwigs, including Disney executive, Bob Iger.
Iger responded to the tweet saying, “The world’s gonna know your name!!!”
Bass responded with “This is the beginning!!!” and “Let's schedule a time to talk!!!”
The video, set to Harry Style’s “Watermelon Sugar,” features Bass as his favorite superheros, with some impressive editing.
"I was absolutely surprised that all of these high profile people were showing up and retweeting, I would've never thought this would happen," Bass told TIME. "The first one I noticed was the Lonely Island and as a massive fan of them I was blown away. Less than 5 hours later, Bob Iger is there changing my life in an instant."
While it remains to be seen what will come for Bass, he said he’s excited about the opportunities.
“I’ve gotten plenty of offers for representation and from casting directors. I’m not entirely sure what I’m allowed to spill so for now let’s just say there’s a lot of stuff in the works,” he told TIME.
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