Actors Needed for Western Short Film
Casting actors for a western short film, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Rate: $150/ Day for Rehearsal, $250/ Day for Filming (Negotiable based on experience, lodging can be provided for those out of state) Note: All roles have slight bit of prop weapon work involved (notes attached to each character) Additional info: Location: Atlanta, Georgia Genre: Western Non Union When: Early to Mid September, 2026 Schedule: Five Day Shooting, Two Days Wardrobe/ Make Up Rehearsal
4 role s
Confident, outspoken, intelligent, determined. A stoic settler who moved from the north down south after the war, raised to be self sufficient as well as kind. Weapon(s): Rifle, Bow and Arrows, Revolver Character Influences: Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West), Douglas Mortimer (For a Few Dollars More), Rain (Alien: Romulus), Ellie (The Last of Us: Part II)
Kind, gentle natured, war-worn. A former Union soldier turned sheriff before his retiring to the peaceful country life he imagined with his wife. Weapon(s): Bow and Arrows Character Inspirations: Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird), Paul Edgecomb (The Green Mile)
Tall, lean/ lanky, sharp features, a plus if you can pull off a sharp gaze/ squint. Calculating, cunning, known for putting up a gentle act to hide dark natures of his own intentions. Weapon(s): Rifle Character Inspirations: Angel Eyes (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men), Commodus (Gladiator)
Burly, former boxer type of build gone softer. Reluctant, gentle, one track mind type of person. Former soldier who became a boxer after the war when his farm was burned down, taken in by Morgan who he sees as his guide through this post war life of his. Isn’t particularly a fan of his criminal life, but is lingering on the fading hope that he can go back to his farmer life one day. Weapon(s): Revolver, Knife Character Inspirations: Fezzik (The Princess Bride), The Monster (Frankenstein)
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