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Acting Job in "Dead Honest" Feature Film

Norfolk, VA, United States
ID: 314137Exp: 7/19/2026
Description:

Casting actors for "Dead Honest," a feature film. See the breakdown below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: A young polygrapher conducts interviews on four eccentric strangers connected to a recently deceased patriarch, the fortune he hid away, and a killer who will do anything to get their hands on it. Rate: Profit sharing. Travel and lodging provided for non-local talent. Additional info: Filming: Late August/Early September; Location: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and surrounding areas; Please read role descriptions before submitting. When applying, please send your name, age, location, headshot, resume, and reel or link if available. Subject: "[Character Name]".

7 roles

MAYAFemale25-35 y.o.African-American

A sharp, sarcastic polygrapher running her own struggling practice. She masks personal devastation with professional precision -dry humor, tactical patience, and a refusal to let anyone see her break. Role will require use of a fake gun and choreographed knife (prop) fight. This role involves same-sex kissing. Intimacy Coordinator provided.

STACYFemale20-30 y.o.All ethnicities

A fragile, volatile young woman wrapped up in a cult-like spiritual community. Performatively wounded and genuinely furious, she swings between sobbing vulnerability and explosive rage without warning.

PATRICIAFemale50-60 y.o.White / Caucasian

A coked-out former trophy wife with sharp instincts and a sharper tongue. Cynical, theatrical, and openly cruel, but every now and then she lets the mask slip enough to show the broken girl underneath. Role involves kissing. Intimacy Coordinator will be provided.

SANGOMale50-60 y.o.African-American

Black, West Indies/Caribbean. A weathered, cackling sculptor with an eyepatch, a gold tooth, and zero filter. Lives in his own world paranoid, hilarious, and unexpectedly wise after a few drinks.

VINCENTMale30-40 y.o.White / Caucasian

A polite, soft-spoken man with an unsettilingly steady presence. He smiles too easily and watches too closely the kind of person who feels harmless until suddenly he isn't. Role will require use of a fake gun and choreographed knife (prop) fight.

GUNNERMale20-35 y.o.All ethnicities

A swaggering, loud-mouthed screwup with a soft center he tries hard to hide with drugs. and bravado. Heavy drinker, sloppy with relationships equal parts charming, exhausting, and unexpectedly tender. Role involves vaping. Role involves kissing. Intimacy Coordinator will be provided.

DAVIDMale50-60 y.o.White / Caucasian

Nervous, fastidious, closeted man with refined manners and an aristocratic affect. He chews his nails bloody, dresses immaculately despite living in his car.