Casting Call for "Something for Nothing" TV Pilot
Casting actors for student TV Pilot project titled "Something for Nothing", please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: An overworked museum staff member facing financial issues gathers a ragtag crew to steal a priceless artifact from his own exhibit. Rate: This is an unpaid position but water and snacks will be provided to all of those on set! When applying, please include some background information about your experience! Please send back a short self tape of a monologue of your choosing (60-90sec) and the roles you want to be considered for!
6 roles
Classic Hero with a strong moral compass, but when he starts getting slammed with medical debt from his mom’s cancer treatments, his compass starts to shift. He’s desperate for cash but doesn’t lose his spirit in the face of struggle. He’s struggled for much of his life and he’s finally willing to do something real about it.
Smart, independent, no nonsense woman and natural born leader. She’s putting herself through medical school to become a neurosurgeon. She and Simon have been friends since the start of undergrad and she is also in need of cash to help with med school.
Joanna’s girlfriend and a really great liar. She’s great at manipulating others for her own benefit and sweet talking her way out of situations. She’s in the heist for the thrill of it and is very protective of her friends. She doesn’t trust easily but once you get past her inner walls, there’s nothing she wouldn’t do for those she loves.
Friend of Erica and currently in nursing school. She’s very soft hearted and compassionate. She has a gentle and caring spirit and is often underestimated by others. She’s also a raging kleptomaniac turned fencer. She knows how to sell underground items and not get caught.
Friend of Simon, gets caught hacking into the school grades database to alter his gpa and gets blackmailed into joining the heist. A loner type and isn’t very excited or invested in the mission at first, but later comes to form strong friendships with the other members of the team.
The world's most annoying coworker. Think’s he’s the unofficial manager of the museum and is way too invested in everyone else's lives. Takes his minimum wage job way too seriously and is the antagonist of our story.