EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW & VIDEO: Aussie Flies Across The Globe In Bid To Become Charlie Sheen's Intern
April 1 2011, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
"I'm Australian, I'm 25, I'm qualified and I'm coming over!"
These were the 'winning' words that Shaun Malseed wrote in the hopes of becoming Charlie Sheen's intern -- and so far -- they're working.
Now, as he anxiously waits to hear if he made it into the final 50 candidates, Malseed is talking to Breaking Celebrity News about his audition video, which has already become a YouTube sensation with more than 12,000 hits.
Watch the video on Breaking Celebrity News
"It started out as a simple application, which I filled in as a bit of a joke," Shaun said, in an exclusive interview with Breaking Celebrity News.
"I had to write in 75 characters or less why I should be picked as his social media Intern. I kept it confident and strong and simply wrote" 'I'm Australian, I'm 25, I'm qualified and I'm coming over!
"But then I got through to the next round -- and then the next -- and I thought, 'I better get over there' and now I've arrived!"
Despite having never left home before, the youngster has touched down in Los Angeles after making it to one of the 250 remaining candidates of 80,000 originally vying for the sought after position.
The articulate Australian -- who has been saving up to travel the world -- ditched his job, left his parents and jumped on a plane to complete his mission.
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