Man Poses As Dead Body For Straight 321 Days, Gets Casted on 'CSI'

A man who posted a fake 'un-alive' video on TikTok every day for 321 days got his wish when he was cast as a dead body on CSI: Vegas.

It turns out that you can get on a big TV show and have your chance at fame by working hard, being dedicated, and making numerous videos of yourself claiming to be dead.

Josh Nalley, a man from Kentucky, at least managed it by posting videos of himself claiming to be dead on his TikTok account @living dead josh every day in the hopes that a show will use him as a corpse in one of their episodes.

He finally got his wish after 321 torturous days of pretending to be dead when CSI: Vegas contacted him after becoming aware of the viral sensation and gave him the chance to play a dead body in one of their episodes.

He admitted to the Courier-Journal that he had no prior acting training but that years of practice had helped him develop his ability to portray a corpse more convincingly.

He said: "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. 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."

Josh discovered that the secret to a convincing corpse shot required movement in the video so that it didn't just appear like the picture; as a result, while he was motionless in the grave, his surroundings were dynamic and mobile.

According to him, the inspiration for the concept came from seeing a woman post about spicy sauce on TikTok and receive a good amount of offers from retailers. This made him wonder whether he could accomplish the same thing by portraying a dead body on television.

However, it wasn't all smooth sailing for him while he was on set; he disclosed that he accidentally blew one take by leaving his phone on, and of course, a telemarketer decided to ring him at the worst time.

Josh has gotten a lot of other invitations to portray a dead body for other movies, so maybe his chance at fame is only getting started. Despite this, he has no plans to leave his day job as a restaurant manager.

For his admirers' enjoyment, he continues to publish videos of himself acting dead in the meantime, if that's the right description.

Who knows what other dead-body roles he'll play?