Casting CallsCoen Brothers 'The Ballad of Buster Scruggs' Casting Call for Grandmothers

Coen Brothers ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Casting Call for Grandmothers

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Coen Brothers Western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is now casting grandmothers in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

EG Casting is looking for an older great grandmother type ages 80 to 90 years old for a very special featured extra role. Filming will shoot in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

About The Ballad of Buster Scruggs:

Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen are making the jump to television with an upcoming TV Western called “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”

Written and directed by the Coens, the project is a limited series that may possibly combine television and theatrical components, according toVariety . It marks the first television project for the “True Grit” and “No Country for Old Men” directors.

Variety reports that the show will involve six storylines, the scope of which seemed too ambitious to fit into one feature film.

To audition for a role on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, check out the casting call breakdown below.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Casting Call

Older Grandmother type
The Coen Brothers are looking for an older GREAT grandmother type, 80 to 90 years old for a very special featured extra role. Please send a photo with NO makeup with height, weight and phone number to [email protected]. Please put Grandma in the subject line.

Please NO hats no sunglasses, must have gray or white hair.

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