Chicago, Illinois Casting Calls – The Onion Casting Call for a skit filming in Chicago, The Onion offices on Tuesday.
Casting directors are looking for several actors, models, and talent to work on a skit filming in Chicago. Producers are looking for actors to play Dads and granddads on a scene filming on Tuesday, November 11th in The Onion studio location.
The Onion is an American digital media company and news satire organization. It runs an entertainment website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news.
To audition for The Onion, check out the casting call details below:
‘The Onion’ Casting Call
PROJECT: The Onion
NON-UNION EXTRA ROLES: See Descriptions Below
SHOOT DATE: See Roles – TUE., 11/11
LOCATION: Chicago – The Onion Offices
RATE: $50/3
If you previously submitted for these roles, you are still being considered.
Dads (x 6)
AGE: 50s-60s (good to see some variety, some on younger end, some older)
RACE: Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian, African American, Hispanic
GENDER: Male
DESCRIPTION: Normal fathers at their daughter’s wedding. An emotional, loving moment.
RATE: $50/3
DATES: 11/11
Content Note: For the Dads/Daughters’ wedding shots, the piece is about the sort of creepy nature of dad’s at their daughters’ weddings.
Elderly Father (for bathing photoshop)
AGE: 70s
RACE: Caucasian
GENDER: Male
DESCRIPTION: Normal, loving father at his daughter’s wedding.
RATE: $50/3
DATES: 11/11
Content Note: The elderly father for bathing photoshop is us taking a photo of the person cast and dropping them in a photo of a woman in a bath. The joke being that its traditional for fathers to give their daughters a ceremonial bath before their wedding.
Please send email to extras4theonion@gmail.com
1) The appropriate subject line
2) Your name, age, phone, email, height and weight
3) Attach a recent photo in jpeg format
4) Confirm the date you are submitting to work.
5) Let us know if you have submitted for any of our other projects (if you have already been booked on the 6th for the NEW MOVIE, do not submit.)
You must be registered with us at www.4starcasting.com to be considered.
Please do not apply, if you are not local or if you do not fit the description.
What do you think?Discuss this story with fellow Project Casting fans on Facebook. On Twitter, follow us at @projectcasting.
