Louisiana Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Production Title: Hiring Casting Assistant

Job Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Job Description: We are looking for a New Orleans-based Casting Assistant. Whose primary job is to support Casting Directors with all aspects of their casting responsibilities and become acquainted with their ever-changing and time-pressured daily goals of providing background performers for television shows and feature films in our downtown New Orleans office.

Roles: Casting Assistant

• New Orleans based 

Comprehensive benefits package:

• Growth potential within the company
• Paid time off and holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance for you and your dependents
• Equity 401(K)

Applicants must be available full-time Monday-Friday with the ability to work overtime daily.

COVID Requirement: (Yes / No) TBD

COVID Testing Date: TBD

Rate: $$$

Production Title: Queen Sugar

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting actors to work on scenes filming in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Role:  Younger Version of the following actors 

• Young Billie
  • Female
  • 18-20 years old
• Young Betty
  • Female
  • 18-20 years old
• Young Violet
  • Female
  • 18-20 years old

Covid Test: TBD

Rate: Pay is $150 + $50 Fitting bump

Production Title: Anne Rice’s “Mayfair Witches” 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting babies to work on scenes filming in New Orleans, Louisiana, in July 2022. Must be able to work from the said date. 

Role: Scottish Baby

• Caucasian Baby or Twins
• baby will portray as a baby boy in the script 
• You can submit your girl baby/babies but know they would be scripted as a boy

Covid Test: TBD

The parent or Guardian must be vaccinated to be on set.

Rate: Pay is $150 for baby or per baby and $126/12 for parents attending set with baby or babies.

Production Title: Disney+ ‘The Crossover’ 

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background extras to work on scenes filming in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, June 22nd. Must be able to work from the said date. 

Role: Cheerleaders

• All ethnicities
• Age: 18 years old and above
• who appear to be cheerleaders.
•  We are looking to cast the basketball cheerleading team for the Main Actors and opposing teams.

Covid Test: Monday, June 20th

Rate: Pay is $140/12 + $50/2 COVID Test

Production Title: The Crossover

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana from late June to August 2022.

Role: Teenagers

• All ethnicities
• between 15-17 years old and adults who can portray 18-to-look-younger

Covid Test: TBA

Regular COVID-19 testing and proof of Vaccination (including Booster, if eligible)
required as a condition of employment

Rate: Pay is $140/12 hours + $50/2 Covid test 

Production Title: ‘Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in the New Orleans, Louisiana from Thursday, June 9th.

Roles: Real Male Hairdresser

• must have experience doing hair 
• looking for someone that is comfortable on camera that will be pretending to style Cortland’s hair in his home

Covid Test: June 7 and 8, 2022. 

Rate: Pay is $200/12 hours + $100 per covid test (1 required)

Production Title: ‘The Crossover’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background actors to work on scenes filming in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana Area on June 2022.

Role: Basketball Players

• Experienced basketball players
• ages 15-18 years old

Role: Professional Basketball Players

• Experienced basketball players
• 18+
• To Portray in men’s league basketball players

Covid Test: May 31 and June 2, 2022

Rate: Pay is $200/8 + $50/2 Covid Test  for Minor basketball players
18+ Background Actors portraying NBA players $225 + $50/2 Covid Test

Production Title: New Series‘Twisted Metal’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting background extras to work on scenes filming in New Orleans Area  from May 23rd until end of August. Must able to work on the said date. 

Casting: Babies

• 1 year old and younger to work with us sporadically throughout Twisted Metal
• Asian or Caucasian
• Twin or baby

Covid Test: TBA (Guardian must be vaccinated/boosted against COVID19 to work on this project) 

Rate: $175/6 per baby, and 150/12 for the Guardian that will be present on set.

Production Title: New Series‘Twisted Metal’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in New Orleans Area  from May 23rd until end of August. Must able to work on the said date. 

Role: Military

• Female
• Atleast 18 years old and above
•  to work as New San Francisco Security Guards

Covid Test: TBA

Rate: $150/12, + a $100 bump for COVID testing and a $50 bump for a fitting

Production Title: Jared Leto Photo-Double

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting photo double to work on scenes filming in Chalmette or New Orleans between May 23rd to May 27th.

Roles:  Jared Leto Photo-Double

• male that somewhat can resemble Jared Leto but with shorter/clean cut hair and clean shaven. 

Covid Test: If boosted, must covid test within 48 hours of filming
If NOT boosted, must covid test within 24 hours of filming (this includes weekend testing)
COVID TESTING WEEKDAY HOURS -8AM-11AM ONLY
COVID TESTING WEEKEND HOURS -8AM-1:30 PM ONLY

Rate: $150 to take photos
COVID Test: $100 per test(must take one covid test before shoot)
Fitting if needed: $50 (must take covid test in advance if needed)