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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 31

Noah Blau Films 23-Year-Old Aitana Doyle's Driver's Test Practice for Instagram Series

Updated

Updated · The New York Times · Jul 31

Noah Blau Films 23-Year-Old Aitana Doyle's Driver's Test Practice for Instagram Series

Q: Did Aitana Doyle finally conquer her driving fears to land her dream role, or did the Bushwick streets prove too challenging?

There is no reporting here that Doyle failed, and the available context points the other way: she appears to have moved forward in her acting career rather than being stopped by her fear of driving. The news story says Doyle had delayed getting a license for two years because she was anxious about the test, but was finally preparing because acting jobs required her to drive. Noah Blau’s “Errands” episode captures that moment of nerves and determination in Bushwick, but neither the story nor the related material reports that she flunked the test or that Bushwick’s streets defeated her. What the added context does show is that Doyle later appears as a cast member in the film “Homunculus,” a 2026 festival title produced by Noah Blau. That does not prove this was the specific “dream role” tied to the license, but it is evidence that her acting work continued and that she remained active in the indie film scene around Blau. So the most accurate answer is that there is no confirmed dramatic failure. The coverage frames her as confronting the fear, and subsequent information suggests she did not vanish from acting opportunities. But there is also no direct confirmation in the provided material that she passed the driving test specifically in order to secure a particular role.

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 31

Bushwick, Brooklyn, became the set for “Errands” as 26-year-old filmmaker Noah Blau filmed aspiring actress and waitress Aitana Doyle practicing parallel parking ahead of her driver’s test.
Doyle, 23, said she began lessons 2 years ago but kept backing out; she now needs a license because acting jobs require driving and she has been falsely claiming she has one.
Blau’s cult Instagram show turns routine New York tasks into mini quests, with past episodes following friends hanging a curtain or replacing a broken skateboard.
A Sony camcorder, a rental Chevy and the show’s yellow “I Errands” legal-pad title card underscored the series’ low-key style of elevating mundane errands into narrative episodes.