Has anyone told Today Tonight

You are right. He will reopen under another name and continue to take peoples money and give nothing back. He never had any intention of giving people anything back.

I have worked for Darcy in 2007 on 4 occasions the Indy 300 a modeling contract in sydney and on a television production he was producing with the film and television department at bond university. I have seen him work 3 days straight without even having a lunch break over a long weekend when most people are kicking back on a beach he was working his arse off. When today tonight did that story on him he lost everything including the backing of the university and the film crew he assembled. He was the only one who actually helped my career all the other agents prommised the world yet he was the only one that gave me work. I shared a room with him in Sydney and he was a total gentleman, he was very professioal, and I feel sorry for him having that cheap Jeerry Sptringer type television production Today Tonight air that total rubbish story about him. I speak to him occasioally on MSN and let me tell you that you did enough dammage he has given up on running an agency, he has joned the army. He only started to run the agency because his wife at the time wanted to run a modeling agency and when she died he prommised her he would take over the buisness. What happened to him was wrong, I hope he sues channel 7 for what they did to him. As for hiring bikkies to get him... Tell them he is in townsville look for the guy with the macheine gun in arm greens. He is off to afganistan in 2 months so you better be quick.

This is an old discussion see: http://www.theatre.asn.au/billboard_bulletins/is_the_australian_talent_management_agency_good

http://www.theatre.asn.au/forum_topic/does_anyone_know_notm

http://www.theatre.asn.au/billboard_bulletins/notm_never_offer_them_money

Clearly, NOTM worked, and ATM works for some people and not others. The issue is not whether actors got work from them but how well they looked after their clients [their business practices] and the question of acting as agents while charging up-front fees [illegal in Qld & NSW]. The issue of whether an actor gets work from an agent, particularly an agent whose books are always open to everyone, depends on the availability of work to which that agent has access. And that is a different matter. There is only so much work to go around and getting an agent doesn't necessarily solve the problem in the individual case.

Jim

Here I go about to start it up again...

As James has said, the links clearly show how passionate people can get when it comes to representation.

To Model, I'm very happy that you were looked after by Darcy with his agency. HOWEVER that does not excuse the neglect he has clearly shown a lot of people.

Charging up front fees are wrong, asking for clients all over Australia (people he has never met) is wrong. A real Agent will never take on clients they can't get work for otherwise it is just another money making scheme.

And although I don't think hiring a couple of bikies is the right thing to do either, I can understand why people may feel frustrated by people who take their money.

On a personal note; this entire experience was a learning curve for me, I was very green (pardon the pun) when I started and this was an eye opener. The total cost for the lesson was $150 but at least I am a little wiser then I was when I started.

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David Green
DRAGON FILMS

www.davidgreenenterprises.com