CSI: Vegas.Kentucky native Josh Nalley uploaded a video onto Tiktok under the name @living_dead_josh every single day for nearly an entire year pretending to be a dead body.
After the team on CSI: Vegas noticed the viral star, they got in touch to offer him the role to play a dead body in one of the episodes.According to The Post, after being flown out to California for filming, Nalley announced his cameo on TikTok.
The video showed him “dead” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles while the CSI theme song plays in the background. The clip has been viewed over 389,000 times since its upload.Tune in to the Season 2 premiere September 29th @csicbs #csivegas #cbs #dreamcometrue #goals #fyp #foryoupage ♬ Who Are You – The Who Lawrence Mercado and Heather Galipo are the super talented artists. #foryoupage #fyp #csivegas ♬ More Human Than Human – White Zombie Speaking to the Courier Journal, Nalley explained that through he has no prior acting experience, his videos have helped him get better at portraying a dead body.“I don’t like speaking on camera, but I can lie there and act like I am dead pretty easily.
Having done more than 300 of these posts, I have progressed and gotten better,” he told the publication. “At first, you could see me breathing, or the fake blood looked really bad.I have gotten rid of using the blood and gotten better at holding my breath.”Nalley shared that the inspiration for the idea came from seeing a woman post about spicy sauce on TikTok and receive a tonne of offers from merchants.
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