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Job Description
3Rats Entertainment is seeking actors for principal, featured, and ensemble roles in Defiance, a non-union historical feature film recreating events surrounding Major Dade’s Battle and the Second Seminole War. Production will film at historical sites, state parks, and forts throughout Florida.
Job Responsibilities
- Perform assigned principal, featured, or ensemble roles in a historical feature film.
- Accurately portray characters within the film’s historical setting.
- Follow direction from the production and casting teams.
- Participate in physically demanding scenes when required by the role.
Requirements
- Micanopy: Male, 50s–60s; stoic, heavy-set performer with a commanding presence.
- Jumper / Ote Matla: Male, 40s–50s; Indigenous; eloquent, calculating, and physically formidable.
- Alligator / Halpater Tustenuggee: Male, 30s–40s; Indigenous; charismatic, intense, and suited to portraying a fierce war leader.
- Abraham: Male, 30s–50s; Black, African Diaspora, or Afro-Indigenous; suited to portraying an intelligent, multilingual leader and strategist.
- Charley Emathla: Male, 40s–50s; Indigenous; featured principal role portraying a prominent Seminole chief.
- Seminole Warriors: Multiple male roles, ages 18–40s; Indigenous; physical and athletic performers. High stamina required.
- Maroon Warriors / Black Seminoles: Multiple male roles, ages 18–45; Black, African Diaspora, or Afro-Indigenous; athletic build, strong screen presence, and physical discipline.
- Outdoor filming, period weaponry handling, and natural movement experience are helpful for warrior roles.
- Special skills such as reenacting, black-powder experience, horseback riding, and tactical weapons handling are a major plus.
Compensation
- Paid.
- Non-union production.
