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Our newest project – One True Loves – begins shooting Monday, October 11!!
Here’s our first casting call:
PCR covid test is mandatory & must be taken within 48 hours of your film date – covid test bump 25
- Stand ins – Rate 154/12
- BG/Extra – Rate 80/8
If a specialty role we will list the rate with that role
Monday, October 11
- News Reporter – all genders, all ethnicities, between 30 – 45 years old **WILL RETURN AGAIN, OCTOBER 25**
- Video Camera Operator – all genders, all ethnicities, between 30 – 60 years old **WILL RETURN AGAIN, OCTOBER 25**
- Photographer – all genders, all ethnicities, between 25 – 50 years old **WILL RETURN AGAIN, OCTOBER 25**
- Relatives – all genders, all ethnicities, ages 15 & up
Tuesday, October 12
- EXPERIENCED MUSICIAN – Rate 125/10, plus 25 prop bump
- – all genders, all ethnicities, between 18 – 21. Looking for the following Orchestra Members with their own instrument & experience. **Please also send a photo of the instrument with your submission for prop approval**
- GUITARIST – VIOLINIST – CELLIST – ELECTRIC BASS GUITARIST – CLARINETIST
Wednesday, October 13
- SINGAPOREAN NEWS VENDOR – all genders, ages 18 & up
- SINGAPOREAN PEDESTRIAN – all genders, ages 12 & up
- CHINESE PEDESTRIAN – all genders, ages 12 & up, Chinese decent
- SPANISH JEWELRY VENDOR – all genders, ages 18 & up
- MADRID PEDESTRIAN – all genders, ages 12 & up, Spanish decent
- ITALIAN DINER – all genders, ages 18 & up, Italian decent
- BEAUTIFUL NIGHTCLUB DANCER – female, between 21 – 30. Due to skimpy attire you will be wearing RATE – 250
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18
- BABY – Rate 175 – Twins preferred, but not required, between 6 months – 9 months old
Seeking Talent for a commercial Oct 28th & 29th.
Please see specs below, likely shooting in or around Alpharetta, GA. Comp TBD.
- 1. Family with small children
- 2. Blonde suburban woman in 30’s
- 3. Racially ambiguous couple in 20’s-40’s
Hylton Casting is currently casting Photo Doubles to work on the HBO Max Limited Series Staircase. Please review the breakdown below.
COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Staircase:
-Please be advised that, effective 9/23/21, prior to working on STAIRCASE, all background cast must be fully vaccinated against COVID 19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks have elapsed since receiving the 2nd dose of Pfizer or Moderna, or since receiving a single shot of Johnson & Johnson).
-You must be able to show proof of vaccination status prior to your start date. All vaccination records will be maintained confidentially and securely by production.
-If you are offered employment on STAIRCASE and would like to request an accommodation to this policy due to medical or religious reasons, you must submit your request for approval via WarnerMedia’s Xempt portal.
Staircase – HBO Max Limited Series
YOUNG MARINE Photo Double
-Caucasian Male
-Height 6’0 – 6’3
-Ages 20s – 30s
– This role will require a clean cut, clean shaven look with mandatory military haircut. A military haircut will be provided by the production if needed.
– Will be wearing Vietnam-era fatigues.
– One of the lead actors of the series has momentary glimpses of the past and sees YOUNG MARINE, an individual he knew during his time serving in the Vietnam War.
DOC AD Photo Double
-Caucasian Male
-Height 5’9 – 5’11
-Ages 30s – 40s
-Must be bald.
-This photo double will portray a member of a documentary film crew.
Monday, 10/11/21 (6AM – 12PM, you may test any time within this time frame)
-You MUST test BOTH dates.
-Testing is located in Atlanta, GA
-If you are selected for this extra role, you must test for COVID-19 twice before each work date.
-The test performed is a Covid-19 PCR Test.
-While at the test facility and on set, PPE must be worn.
-All possible work dates are contingent upon clearing these tests.
-You may not provide test results from another outside source. You MUST be tested by the STAIRCASE Health and Safety team in Atlanta, GA.
-Background performer services: $160/8 hrs ($20/hour, you are guaranteed 8 hours, with applicable overtime)
-COVID-19 testing bumps: You will receive 2 COVID-19 testing bumps of a quarter check rate for testing on Friday, 10/8/21 AND Monday, 10/11/21.
Call Time:
-Call time will not be provided until the day before the filming date. Please do not submit if you do not have open availability for the time frame listed above.
SAG/NON-SAG to portray Photo Double on the Showtime series, BILLIONS!
Sizes/Specs:
- African American Male, 20s-40s age range
- 6’0-6’2
- 50-52 jacket
- XXL, XXXL shirt
- Especially seeking someone with a beard!
Tentative Dates:
- -COVID Test Tues 10/12 in Brooklyn
- -Works Wed 10/13 in Manhattan
*possible TBD matching date the following week!*
Rate: $214/8hrs
COVID Testing stipend $100
Please note:
The scenes in which this photo double will work will have atmospheric smoke, strobe lights, and actors portraying drug use/drinking.
We want to make sure you’d be comfortable working in this atmosphere.
Please be advised that BILLIONS has adopted a mandatory vaccination policy. Zone A employees (eg. background actors) must be fully vaccinated in order to be employed on this production. Such a requirement is subject to reasonable accommodations, as required by law, for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to disability or sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance. Any requests for exemptions must be vetted by ViacomCBS prior to employment.
**ONLY LOS ANGELES LOCAL HIRING**
Carla Hool Casting is searching for talent for an upcoming AFI Short Film.
Deferred pay
Shoot Dates: Oct 14th-23rd, 2021
**Talent must be LA local hire**
- (16-18y.o.) Afro-latino, Caribbean. Talent must be intermediate to strong dancer, and comfortable with choreography. Will be dancing Salsa. Please note if Talent speaks Spanish; not required. **Please submit legal 18 or older**
- (16-18y.o) Afro-latina, Caribbean. Talent must be strong dancer, and comfortable with choreography. Will be dancing Salsa. Please note if Talent speaks Spanish or Creole, not required. **Please submit legal 18 or older**
- (60’s) Afro-Latina, Caribbean. Talent must be Intermediate/Fluent in Spanish.
- (40s-50s) Tall Afro-latino, Caribbean man. Please note if Intermediate/Fluent in Spanish.
- (16-18y.o) White Latina. **Please submit legal 18 or older**
SNAPPED 3016
Films in Knoxville, TN, Oct. 12-14
- Role: TRACY, VICTIM’S DAUGHTER – White female. 30’s. Shoulder length blonde/light brown hair.
Pays $75/days worked (flat. no travel, hotel or stipend)
Additional project info:
- Network: Oxygen
- Audio: NO
- Production Company: Production Hive
- Covid protocols are in place: a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72hrs of your on-set arrival OR proof of vaccination required. PPE, distancing and extra sanitization will still be in place on set.
Must be registered with Central Casting.
- Union submissions for upscale Coffee Shop patrons to portray age 20’s to 40’s. Covid Test on 10/7, shoots on 10/8 in LA. You cannot have worked or be booked in the future on Coercion.
Coercion has a mandatory vaccination policy for all Zone A workers, including Background Actors, Stand-Ins, and other talent ages 12 and above, working on its set. To be eligible to work on this production, you must be either (1) fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson) or (2) have a disability or sincerely-held religious belief that prevents vaccination. Any offer of work is “conditioned” on you providing adequate proof to Production that you meet either of the two criteria mentioned above. If you are unable to show adequate proof to Production, then you are ineligible to be hired for this particular Production. Please answer “yes” to this message if you can supply adequate proof to Production.
If you answer “yes,” you are hereby attesting to the fact that you will provide such adequate proof to Production. Do not send your proof to Central Casting. Production will collect and verify your proof.
- [LISE DASSIN] 18 to 27 years old, all ethnicities female. 18 to 27 years old, all ethnicities female. Superb dancer. Good singer. A young French dancer. Sweet – but determined to find her place in her world. Must be from the Ballet world. Must do pointe work and partnering. Will also be in the ensemble of South Pacific. Pay is $1000/week plus bonus. (listed above)
BG 1800s Fathers
A Western Feature Film is casting for males to work 10/13 with a RAPID COVID test on set in Santa Fe.
- CASTING Caucasian males, 45 years and older.
- $102 for 8 and time and a half after 8.
NBC Chicago Med Casting Call
Local to Chicago and the Surrounding Suburbs ONLY!
Searching for super skinny MALES AND FEMALES.
Important Note: For the health and safety of all individuals on “Chicago MED,” all “Zone A” cast and crew must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning work.
We will consider reasonable accommodations as required by law for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice or observance.
You will be REQUIRED to show a hard copy or an electronic copy (photo) of your vaccination card at testing when you come in for your pre-employment.
- Casting Alert! Searching for SKINNY TO VERY SKINNY, males and females, to play a HOMELESS PERSON on Chicago Med, either on Oct. 20th or Oct. 21st. There will be a wardrobe fitting/Covid test, the week before the shoot.
To apply send a recent color photograph with your current hair length and hair style.
We shoot a 12-hour-day, and a nice lunch is served. We start about as early as 5AM or 6AM.