Professional Casting for A&E's "Chicano Squad" Show
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. The company is now casting talent for A&E's "Chicano Squad" show. Please, see more details below. About the project: Non-union, true crime recreation, 4-hour special for A&E. It tells the story of the men who for the next three decades would earn the trust of the community and the department, becoming one of the most highly decorated law enforcement units in the history of Houston. Their story will be told by through first-hand accounts of the original squad members and those impacted by their work. Rate: Paid. Please, see the roles' descriptions. Additional info: They were filming in the Knoxville, TN area October 25-30. This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. If interested, please apply.
35 roles
This is likely needed Friday early evening. Her husband is one of the detectives in the squad and they get into an argument. She is visibly pregnant (directors will use a prop belly). Rate: $100, flat
Likely Monday around 4pm. Rate: $100/day
Likely needed Wednesday around 11am. Milling around the police precinct. Likely Wednesday around 11am. Rate: $100
Likely Wednesday around 11am. $75 Rate: $100
Likely Wednesday evening. Rate: $100
Likely Wednesday evening. Rate: $100
Likely Wednesday evening. Rate: $75
Latino/Mexican/Tejano male/female- seeking at least one option over 50yo. Likely Thursday evening. Rate: $100/day
Chicano/Tejano male. Likely needed Monday evening. Gets in a bar fight and shoots another patron with a non-firing prop weapon. Rate: $150/day
Chicano/Tejano male. Likely needed Monday evening. Gets in a bar fight and shoots another patron with a non-firing prop weapon. Rate: $150/day
Chicano/Tejano female. She's a waitress in the cantina where the shooting happens. LIkely needed Wednesday (Day 1) and Monday(Day 6) Featured role, at the crime scene and questioned by detectives. Rate: $150/day
Chicano/Tejano female. She's a waitress in the cantina where the shooting happens. Featured role, at the crime scene and questioned by detectives. Likely needed Wednesday (Day 1) and Monday(Day 6). Rate: $150/day
Chicano/Tejano. Likely needed Monday around 4 pm. Rate: $100/day
Likely needed Monday around 4 pm. Rate: $100
She's in her kitchen cooking delicious food when a detective stops by for questions. This scene is to show how the squad got to know people in the neighborhood to solve crimes. Likely Friday evening. Rate: $150/day
Wednesday around 2 pm. Rate: $75
Standing in the street when an escaped hostage is asking for help. They are quickly shuffling away from him. Likely Monday, 3pm. Rate: $75/day
Men in the street ignoring an escaped hostage. Likely Monday, 3 pm. Rate: $75/day
Likely Sunday evening. Rate: $100
Chicano/Tejano male. Drug Dealer portrayal. Likely Sunday after dark. Rate: $100
Very thin female. Likely Thursday evening. Rate: $100
Likely needed around noon on Thursday. Rate: $150/DAY
Likely Saturday evening. Rate: $150
Chicano/Tejano male, seeking someone with a fuller build. Likely Friday around 1 pm.
Clean cut or mustache. This spans over the 70's-80's. No visible tattoos. Rate: $100, flat
Likely Wednesday evening. Rate: $100
Drug dealer- Likely needed on Thursday around 5:30pm. Rate - $100/day
Drug dealer- Likely needed Thursday around 10:30am and Saturay around 3pm. Rate -$150/day
Likely smoking a prop cigarette, attacked and shot, hands bound. Rate: $150/day. Likely Saturday around 3pm and Sunday around 9:30pm.
Victim-brown hair, average build. Shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. Falls on a crash pad. Likely Saturday around midnight. Rate - $150
Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening. Scenes are fairly simple- a wayward woman steals her baby but there is no action. Rate - $100/day
Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening. Rate - $100/day
Must be comfortable in his underwear on camera. The story is that he escaped traffickers and only wore underwear when he was found. Likely Wednesday, Sunday and Monday. $150/day
Males and females who are comfortable in tanks and shorts. Girls would likely be in spaghetti straps shirts. They are sitting around a room being held captive. Likely Sunday around 3pm. Rate - $75. Can play multiple roles if you're available more than 1 day.
Wednesday, 10am. Rate: $75
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