This thread is from another board, but women who don't know which auditions raise red flags should read it:

Thread on Lee Brones's approach to auditioning

Yes, I have auditioned for Lee Brones, and I find him to be a very honorable man. I know a few females who have auditioed for him as well, ands there was absolutely no pr5oblem. He maintains an office in his home, and I believe you must have misunderstood him. He has almost finished casting "Love Finds A Way", ande a couple of major stars are going to do it. He is currently doing the paperwork to form an LLC, and then it will go tpo SAG. I just phoned him because I saw what you wrote, and you either misinturpreted what was said or you imagined it. Either way, he is an honorable man and I hate to see him maligned.

I auditioned as well, and I know a few women who auditioned, and there WAS at least one MAJOR problem that I know of concerning nudity. Not to mention the misrepresentation and unprofessionalism of this entire debacle. If you're a man and want to waste massive amounts of gas and phone time, go ahead, but if you're a woman....STAY AWAY!

....oh, one more thing. He's been "almost finished casting" since last NOVEMBER.

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Originally posted by Hal:
Yes, I have auditioned for Lee Brones, and I find him to be a very honorable man. I know a few females who have auditioed for him as well, ands there was absolutely no pr5oblem.

Hooeee! Totally forgot to check back here after I posted the initial link. Who'd have thought that Lee Brones himself - oh, forgivez moi, one of his rare supporters would chime in?

Or does anyone seriously believe "Hal" is an actor who just happened to audition for Lee Brones, and just happens to know some actresses who did, and just... well, has nothing to do with him otherwise? Oh no.

It's always fun after a number of people have given reports about, say, an agency that tries to get its clients to go to a specific photographer and then, yep, sure as rain, along comes a poster, never before seen in these parts to say how unfair everybody's being to this WONDERFUL guy.

Oh yeah. Anonymous defenders just pop up like mushrooms.

Otherwise, just for fun, let's look at what academics call "the internal evidence":

- "I believe you must have misunderstood him" - which "you" is in question here? I said nothing about him myself, just posted a link to a thread with a NUMBER of posters commenting about him.

- "He maintains an office in his home" - he can maintain an office in his outhouse, so long as he holds auditions in a public place.

- "Then it will go to SAG" - a bit late, no, given the fact that he's already advertised the film as SAG (did he not know how easy that was to check?) (Never mind that SAG would seriously frown on auditions at his home or "Test shots" for nudity.)

- "a couple of major stars are going to do it" - anonymous stars, it appears (who have not previously been mentioned in any casting call).

Meanwhile, this entertaining little item was posted before I got in contact with someone at SAG about the rather free use of the union's name; I would imagine Lee Brones has had somewhat more direct word from the union about what is and isn't acceptable (though I have not myself heard further word.)