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"The Donor's Recant" Film Seeks Cast

Vancouver, BC, Canada
ID: 319388Exp: 9/27/2026
Description:

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Casting actors for "The Donor's Recant" film. See the details below. About the project: On the steps of a church late at night, a desperate man preparing to end his life is confronted by the transplant doctor who arranged it. What begins as encouragement, to be a hero for six strangers becomes a brutal psychological battle over value, power, and the right to live. As the truth emerges, the roles reverse-and the doctor who claims to save lives becomes the one who chooses death. "The Donor's Recant" in a tense, highly intimate 8-cage psychological crama and noir thriller. Rate: Non union. Unpaid Independent. On-Screen Crede and a Digital Copy for your Demo Reel. Additional information: Shoot Date: TBD (Single-Night Exterior. Shooot. Location: Downtown Vancouver. When applying, please submit head shot, resume, and the role desired.

3 roles

DR. JANUS VANCEMale40-49 y.o.All ethnicities

Well-dressed, clean-cut, intelligent. A transplant doctor who believes he is saving lives by sacrificing one. Charismatic, controlled, and morally convinced, he uses reason, guilt, and authority to manipulate Toby into ending his own life. Beneath his calm exterior is arrogance, contempt, and a dangerous belief that some lives are worth less than others.

TOBY CROSSMale30-39 y.o.All ethnicities

Disheveled, exhausted, emotionally worn. Struggling with debt, divorce, and loss, Toby believes his life has no value-until a small spark of love from his daughter reminds him he still wants to live. His refusal to die sparks a confrontation that changes everything.

THE DYNAMIC TWO LIONSMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

Both actors must be roughly the same physical site and told Neither character can visually twarf or physically dominate the other. Think of this dynamic like two male lions one has Teeth but no claws, the other has claws but no teeth Both are incredibily dangerous, and lioth know that a real. Full-blown fight could be deadly-but neither realizes the other a missing a crucial weapon. This sa halanced psychological chess match where the only weapon is the mind.