"Penny & Lana" Dark Comedy Film Seeks Actors
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Casting call for dark comedy/fantasy short "Penny & Lana", looking for actors. See more details below. About the project: Logline: Two middle-aged female fugitives take a mysterious “de-aging pill” in order to escape the law and have one last wild night as young women with a second chance at redemption. Rate: Younf Penny - $250/day, meals, IMDb credit Younf Lana - $250/day, meals, IMDb credit James - $150/day, meal, IMDb credit, needed for 1 day Additional info: NOTE: This is a non-union, independent production filming in the Greater Austin Area. No lodging, transportation, or travel compensation will be provided. Select Talent will appear in our dark comedy/fantasy short, as well as 1-5 episodes of Season 4 of our YouTube acting competition consisting of four rounds of a recorded callback audition process. To be considered, all talent must be fully available for our in-person pre-screening Callback round on Friday, August 28 (time slots are scheduled between 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Please do not submit if you cannot be available on these date! If interested, please submit with the subject line: YOUR NAME + CHARACTER NAME Include the following: - headshots - a recent/candid photo (selfies are ok) - resume, reels, IMDb, and/or links to previous work DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th, 12 PM NOON
3 roles
BLONDE The planner, the strategist, and the sharper, drier half of “The Bling Queens.” She produces the de-aging pills and quietly carries the guilt. Selected Talent must be fully available during the following production dates: September 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. *Note: scheduled to film late evening scenes on 9/18-9/19 and overnights for exterior nighttime scenes on 9/20-9/22.
LEAD, BROWN EYES, DARK HAIR, MIXED-RACE Bubbly, impulsive, and fiercely devoted, Lana is the live-it-up counterweight to Penny’s caution. Her lifelong loyalty to Penny is the friendship our story rests on. Selected Talent must be fully available during the following production dates: September 4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. *Note: scheduled to film late evening scenes on 9/18-9/19 and overnights for exterior nighttime scenes on 9/20-9/22.
SUPPORTING BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES James is Andrew’s lifelong friend and partner in their yearly ritual of borrowed youth. He is young at heart, lively, impetuous, and incredibly loyal. *Selected Talent will be needed on 9/19 for an overnight exterior shoot starting no earlier than 7pm.
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