Chicago Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Production Title: Popularity Papers

Project: POPULARITY PAPERS (Series)
Episodic: 26 x 30-minute episodes (Scripted comedy)
Rate: Principal ACTRA scale (union or non-union may apply)
Production Companies: Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media
Producers: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Matthew Wexler
Series Created for Television by: Vivian Lin and Amanda Brooke Perrin. Based on the book series by Amy Ignatow.
Networks: YTV
Distributor: BBC Studios

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors work on scenes filming in Toronto, Canada and Hamilton from July 4 – October 21, 2022.

Roles: ALEX CHANG AKA BABA (RECURRING PRINCIPAL)

Character descriptions:

Male. 40s. Seeking talent who identify as LGBTQIA+. Before Julie, Alex was a carefree young dentist on the rise and a diehard Gaga fan. Then he held tiny precious Julie in his arms…and realized EVERYTHING COULD KILL HER. Where he was once over-analytical and meticulous…he’s since crossed over into being neurotic, hypochondriacal and overprotective. You’d think that’d be a pain in the butt for Julie to deal with – but she actually sees a lot of herself in her Baba, being so risk-averse herself. Alex knows he’s the “nerd” of the couple, his passion for DND does not out-glam his partner James’s charismatic drag queen persona. But he’s relieved because that means someone in the family can answer Julie’s questions about popularity. He’s overwhelmingly happy with his life and his little family, so long as they floss twice a day.

Production Description:

Follows 2 friends who are on a mission to crack the popularity code, and do social experiments with their peers.

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: $$

Production Title: FX ‘Kindred’ 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting photo-double to work on scenes filming in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, May 20. 

Roles: Photo Double

• Females
• Aged 8-12
• African American
• Approximate height: 4’5
• Approx. weight: 70 lbs.

Covid Test: May 20, 2022

Rate: $216/12 hours
Testing Bump: $45
Fitting (if applicable): 1/4 Paycheck

Production Description: 

FX Kindred is a thought-provoking and harrowing tale of family, love, and loss. When patriarch Francis Xavier Kindred is diagnosed with a rare form of dementia, his wife and children are left to grapple with the reality of his deteriorating condition.

As Francis’ disease progresses, he becomes increasingly paranoid and withdrawn, raising fears within his family that he may be a danger to himself or others. As they try to cope with the situation, long-buried secrets and resentments surface, testing the bonds of their relationships.

Ultimately, FX Kindred is a powerful story about how even the most vital families can be torn apart by illness and grief. It is a moving reminder of the importance of love and understanding in the face of adversity.

**This is a Zone A Production – per studio policy, all talent must be fully vaccinated, with a booster shot if applicable (5 Months past 2nd or Final dose of vaccine)**

Production Title: FX ‘Class of 09’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-ins s to work on scenes filming in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Roles: Stand-In

• Male or Female, 18 years or older
• 5’2 or shorter

Covid Test: No
We are a mandatory Zone A feature and all talent must be fully vaccinated (1st and 2nd dose +booster shot if eligible), and able to provide a vaccine card!

Rate: $217.50/12 hours
COVID bump: $50 

Production Description:

After the death of a mutual friend, several FBI agents who graduated from Quantico in 2009 are reunited. The series spans three decades and is told in three overlapping timelines, explores the meaning of justice, humanity, and the decisions we make that ultimately define our lives and legacy.
The series begins in the present day with the death of an FBI agent. The agents who worked with him on his last case are brought back together to investigate. They’re forced to confront their complicated pasts as they try to piece together what happened.

In flashbacks, we see the agents as they were when they first met at Quantico. They were a tight-knit group, but things changed after who killed one of them on duty. The surviving members went their separate ways, each struggling with survivor’s guilt in their way.

Now, they’re being drawn back together again by the death of their friend. As they try to solve his murder, they’ll have to face the demons of their past and present. The series is a character-driven drama that explores the choices we make and how they define us.

Production Title: Casting Call for Sports Fans

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting sports fans to work on scenes filming in the United States.

Roles: COMPETITIVE SPORTS SUPER-FANS

• Teams of two that are obsessed with all things sports
• BEST FRIENDS | COUPLES | SIBLINGS | PARENT/CHILD | CO-WORKERS | ROOMMATES | EXES…ETC.

Covid Test: TBA

Rate:$$

Production Title: Music Videoshoot
(Party Dance Scene)

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting, actors, models, and influencers to work on scenes filming in Staten Island, New York todayTuesday, May 17th.

Roles: Male and Female Models

• Must be comfortable dancing
• Must be based in New York or New Jersey with full availability & reliable transportation

Covid Test: No

Rate: $$

Production Title: Swimsuit Photoshoot

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting models to work on scenes filming in Astoria, Oregon on Saturday, May 21st.

Casting: 

• Female Model

Covid Test: No

Rate: $$ Compensated

Production Title: New York City  Photoshoot

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting models to work on scenes filming in New York City on Satuday, May 21st.

Roles: Model

• Female Model
• Darkskin or Asian

Covid Test: No

Rate: $$ Paid in full day 

Production Title: ‘Undisclosed’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting industrials to work on scenes filming in Acworth, Georgia from Thursday, May 19th.

Roles: 

African American Male 60+

• Speaking role
• One Line

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: $$

Production Title: ‘JUSTIFIED’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting stand-in to work on scenes filming in Homer Glen, Illinois from Wednesday, May 18th to Thursday May 19, 2022. 

Casting: Stand-Ins

• Caucasian
• Male
• 5’11” – 6’1″

Covid Test: May 17, 2022 (Chicago City Studio)

Rate: $175 for up to 10 hours + overtime plus $50 covid bump 

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: ‘Undisclosed’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background extras to work on scenes filming in Los Angeles, California from Friday, June 3rd.

Casting:  Men and Women in their late 20s – 50s with formal attire

Covid Test: June 2, 2022

Rate: $$