Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Production Title: Power IV: Force

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extra to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, June 10th.

Role: Sibling Boy

• African American boy
• ages 10-12 years old

Covid Test: June 9, 2022 

Rate: Pay is $150/8 + Covid Test Bump
Covid Testing Rate:  $60/4

• A two-dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination series, and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 5+ months past their second shot. Currently, the Pfizer booster is approved for everyone ages 12+.
• A two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccination series and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 5+ months past their second shot. Currently, the Moderna booster is approved for everyone ages 18 and up.
• A single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination, and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 2+ months past their single dose. Currently, the Johnson & Johnson booster is approved for everyone ages 18 and up, but an mRNA booster is recommended in many cases.
• OR If you are not yet eligible for your booster shot, your vaccine status is considered up to date. You must obtain your booster promptly once you become eligible and submit validation that you received your booster dose.

Production Title: Commercial Casting Call

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Downers Grove, Illinois on Thursday, June 9th

Role: Model 

• Female
• Age 65+plus
• (any ethnicity)

Covid Test: June 9, 2022

Rate: Pay is $$

Production Title: Power IV: Force Casting Hot Dancers

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting hot dancers to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, June 9th.

Roles: Hot Dancers

• Male or  Female
• 18-35 years old
• Latino

Covid Test: June 8, 2022

Rate: Pay is $175/8 + Covid Test Bump
Covid Testing Rate:  $60/4

• A two-dose Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination series, and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 5+ months past their second shot. Currently, the Pfizer booster is approved for everyone ages 12+.
• A two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccination series and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 5+ months past their second shot. Currently, the Moderna booster is approved for everyone ages 18 and up.
• A single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination, and if eligible, a booster dose for those who are 2+ months past their single dose. Currently, the Johnson & Johnson booster is approved for everyone ages 18 and up, but an mRNA booster is recommended in many cases.
• OR If you are not yet eligible for your booster shot, your vaccine status is considered up to date. You must obtain your booster promptly once you become eligible and submit validation that you received your booster dose.

Production Title: ‘Justified’: City Primeval

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-ins to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, June 7th.

Role: Car Drivers

• Male
• African American
• 18 years old and above

Covid Test: June 6, 2022 (Chicago City Studio)

Rate: $$

Production  Description: 

Timothy Olyphant is dusting off his cowboy hat (you know the one). Olyphant will reprise his role as Raylan Givens, that smoking gunslinger, in a miniseries spinoff of FX’s crime drama Justified, which ended in 2015. Graham Yost and the creators of the original award-winning series, Elmore Leonard and Fred Golan, will also return.
Following the original series, it will be based on Elmore Leonard’s book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The new limited series will be based on Leonard’s novella Fire in the Hole and other stories featuring Givens. After Givens’s work in Kentucky is completed, the United States Marshal resides in Miami before moving to Detroit and becoming involved with the case of the Oklahoma Wildman.

Speaking of dangerous men, FX announced the addition of eight new actors to the cast of Justified: City Primeval. Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, and Victor Williams have been added to the main cast as new characters alongside Aunjanue Ellis, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Olyphant. Other Justified actors such as Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder or Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy have not confirmed if they will return for the revival, while new faces will be joining Olyphant.

Production Title: ‘Justified’: City Primeval

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-in to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois from Monday, June 13th to Tuesday June 14th, 2022. 

Role: Cocktail Waitress

• Females of any ethnicities.
• Must be fully vaccinated and boosted
• 18 years old and above

Covid Test: June 13,2022 (Chicago City Studio)

Rate: $250 each shoot day +  $50 fitting days + $50 each covid testing

Production  Description: 

Timothy Olyphant is dusting off his cowboy hat (you know the one). Olyphant will reprise his role as Raylan Givens, that smoking gunslinger, in a miniseries spinoff of FX’s crime drama Justified, which ended in 2015. Graham Yost and the creators of the original award-winning series, Elmore Leonard and Fred Golan, will also return.
Following the original series, it will be based on Elmore Leonard’s book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The new limited series will be based on Leonard’s novella Fire in the Hole and other stories featuring Givens. After Givens’s work in Kentucky is completed, the United States Marshal resides in Miami before moving to Detroit and becoming involved with the case of the Oklahoma Wildman.

Speaking of dangerous men, FX announced the addition of eight new actors to the cast of Justified: City Primeval. Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, and Victor Williams have been added to the main cast as new characters alongside Aunjanue Ellis, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Olyphant. Other Justified actors such as Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder or Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy have not confirmed if they will return for the revival, while new faces will be joining Olyphant.

Production Title: ‘Justified’: City Primeval

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, June 8th.

Role: Car Drivers

• Atleast 18 years old and above
• Caucasian
• Male or Female
  • If working with your car, no need to wash your cars before coming to set.
  • Dull is better than shiny. (no white, no luxury cars, no bright).

Covid Test: June 7, 2022

Reminder: On all of these shows, you must be ‘fully’ vaccinated, having both vaccines unless one with J&J., And it is more than 5 months since your last vaccine (2 months with J&J), SONY is following the CDC guidelines, and have the booster already. You do not need two boosters. They will be checking your vax cards. Thanks for your cooperation. Send them your vaccination card (front & back) when they ask for it and bring it with you.

Rate: Pay is $120 for up to 8 hours, plus overtime + $50 for covid test

Production  Description: 

Timothy Olyphant is dusting off his cowboy hat (you know the one). Olyphant will reprise his role as Raylan Givens, that smoking gunslinger, in a miniseries spinoff of FX’s crime drama Justified, which ended in 2015. Graham Yost and the creators of the original award-winning series, Elmore Leonard and Fred Golan, will also return.

Following the original series, it will be based on Elmore Leonard’s book City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. The new limited series will be based on Leonard’s novella Fire in the Hole and other stories featuring Givens. After Givens’s work in Kentucky is completed, the United States Marshal resides in Miami before moving to Detroit and becoming involved with the case of the Oklahoma Wildman.

Speaking of dangerous men, FX announced the addition of eight new actors to the cast of Justified: City Primeval. Boyd Holbrook, Vondie Curtis Hall, Norbert Leo Butz, and Victor Williams have been added to the main cast as new characters alongside Aunjanue Ellis, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, and Vivian Olyphant. Other Justified actors such as Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder or Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy have not confirmed if they will return for the revival, while new faces will be joining Olyphant.

Production Title: Justified ‘City Primeval’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois from Monday, June 13th. Must be available to work in whole day. 

Role:

Car Drivers

• If working with your car, no need to wash your cars before coming to set. Dull is better than shiny. Have a piece of paper 8.5 x 11 with your name and phone number in bold marker in case they have you leave your car for picture and they need to call you back.
• NO white, NO luxury cars, No bright colors
• Must be 18-65 years old 
• African-American
• All genders

Vendors 

• African-American
• All genders
• Must be 18-65 years old 

Covid Test: June 13,2022

Rate: $120/ 8 hours plus time and one half + $50 for covid testing 

Production Title: New Season of ‘Somebody Somewhere’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-in to work on scenes filming in Chicago, Illinois. 

Role: Female Stand-In

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: Pay is $175 for up to 10 hours each day.
+ $50 for days you need to go in for covid testing

Production Title: Undisclosed Film 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Downtown Chicago on June 8th or 9th. 

Role: Background Extras

• 30-60 years old
• Any gender
• All ethnicities
• You will need to wear business attire and carry a couple more options
• to portray background in an office/press conference setting

Covid Test: June 8 or 9, 2022
(For covid protocols they will be masked on set and will be delivering at home Rapid molecular tests to all crew/talent/client. These are very easy to administer and take 30 minutes for results.)

Rate: Pay is $300/Day

Production Title: ‘Justified: City Primeval’

Job Description: Casting directors are now stand-in, extras to work on scenes filming in Illinois.

Roles:

• Male Stand-In
  • Caucasian
  • Male
  • Approximately 6’0
• Pre-Teens/Teens
  • All genders
  • All abilities (People with disabilities will be
    accomodated.)
  • All ethnicities
• Military
  • Uniforms are helpful but not necessary.
  • A tucked in shirt/blouse with slacks is great.
  • Clean cut look.
  • Please include any experience in Police, weapons training , government, etc. 
  • Ages 18 (must be at least 18)-40
  • All genders
  • All ethnicities
  • All abilities

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: Pay is $120 for up to 8 hours, plus time and one half. $50 covid bump.
For Military same rate + $20 for specialty bump