Animal Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

Now accepting general submissions for Episode 921! This might be a light episode in terms of background needs, but we do have a fun park scene on Weds 4/13 that may pique your interest! 

We’re looking for all different types of people you’d see at a Chicago park in early spring – teens on bikes and skateboards, joggers, kids playing baseball, parents with kids, people doing yoga, people doing tai chi, slack line walkers, other performers, etc.

**The park scene is scheduled to shoot Wednesday, April 13th.

COVID TEST: Monday 4/11

PAY: $120-$150/8 (depending on skill/role) + half day’s pay Covid test bump ($60-$75)

Vicky Boone Casting is looking for singers, dancers & boy-scouts who can dance to play featured background for a paid Casey’s commercial shooting in Austin, TX! Please submit ASAP.

PROJECT INFO:

• Project Name: Casey’s
• Project Type: Commercial
• Featured Background Rate of Pay: $300 session, $300 for rehearsal day 
• Union Status: Non-Union
• Project Type: Commercial

Wardrobe & Rehearsal Date: 4/12/22

Start Date: 4/13/22

Shoot Location: Austin 

CASTING

FEATURED BACKGROUND 

18 to 35 years old, all ethnicities male or female. Outdoorsy and outgoing. Confident floating in an inner tube on a river. Must be able to dance and understand simple choreography quickly. Will be asked to submit a short audition video.

BOY-SCOUTS (FEATURED BACKGROUND) 

8 to 14 years old, all ethnicities male. Outdoorsy, friendly. Must be able to dance and understand simple choreography quickly. Will be asked to submit a short audition video.

Musical theatre actors or actors who can sing and dance are encouraged to submit. 

Local to Chicago and the surrounding suburbs ONLY!

Searching for MALES, all ethnicities, 20’s to 40’s, to work as Engine 72 Firefighters, on or around Thursday, April 14th. This will shoot on or around Thursday, April 14th and require a covid test (takes about one hour), a fitting (take about 2 hours) the week before.

We are casting MEN to look like FF’s (you also can be a real FF but we are paying the $120/8 extra rate). Men must be clean shaven.  Mustache is okay.

The film date 4.14, the fitting probably on 4.12, and then the covid test most likely on Sunday, 4.10

Stark Casting for a Paid Shaving Brand Commercial 

• Looking for men with big beards aged 40-50 for a shaving campaign
• We Will be cleaning up the beard / Shaping not clean shaving 

Filming – London or Amsterdam

Date: TBC May17th – 19th

NOW CASTING Disabled Vets

Test Monday 4/4 and Wednesday 4/6  

Work Thursday 4/7

Location: Atlanta (testing) + Norcross (Filming)

Rate: $200/10 + $43.75 each for 2 preemployment covid tests 

Role: Disabled Vet who are missing limbs and is comfortable being on camera.

Tom Swift is looking for Disabled Vets must be 18 years or older. This will be a small Featured scene.

Tom Swift is requiring all cast & crew to be FULLY vaccinated against COVID-19 and to be considered for work you MUST FALL INTO EITHER OF THE TWO FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: (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.  

If you meet this criteria, only reply “Yes” below WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. If you are selected, you must provide evidence to the production that you fall within the two categories mentioned above before your covid test. Any job offer will be conditioned on satisfactorily showing such evidence to the production AND testing negative for COVID. The production will collect your evidence prior to your covid test, not Central Casting; thus, do NOT send your evidence to Central Casting. 

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As a condition of working on set, you are required to get a paid Covid-19 test at a production sanctioned testing facility prior to any work date(s). Additional testing may also be done on workdays. The COVID test MUST be completed 48 hours prior to your first work date.

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VERY SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN FOR PRINCIPAL MALE AT ALL THE AGES MUST BE LARGE FOR HIS AGE (REAL GUY WAS ALWAYS BIG) 

Caucasian Male

• Sandy/Blonde/Lt Brown hair
• Blue/Hazel eyes

1 Baby   from newborn to 8 months 

1 Kids 6-11yo Elementary school 

1 teen 13-17yo 

ALSO NEEDED PRINCIPALS AND BACKGROUND 

ALL ETHNICITIES AND GENDERS MUST BE SMALLER IN STATUE

Babies (must pass for newborns and be small)

Elementary school kids  

• High School kids
• Shoot is Sunday 10th/11th /12th  April 2022
• They are trying to shoot out the kids scenes all on Sunday  but may cross playground scenes on Monday

NEED ADULTS 25-65 to play clients and office workers of my client

ALL ETHNICITIES ALL GENDERS

• Local airing  spot 
• 1/2 day
• Shoots in Richmond VA 

VARYING RATES 

• Rate for principals  $500-$750
• Featured $200
• BG $150.00 

Looking for a person from the GNC / Nonbinary / Trans Community for a shaving brand  Campaign

• Must have Body Hair 
• A Beard and Short Hair

We would like somebody who’s style would show off any body grooming they do. 

Filming – London or Amsterdam
Dates: TBC may 17th – 19th 

NOW CASTING – $ HIGHER RATE $

New Show: Daisy Jones & The Six

Dates: Test Tues April 5 + Fit/Re-test Wed April 6 + Film Thur April 7 OVERNIGHT

Rate: $175/12 (test pay $100, fitting+retest pay $100/2)

Loc: New Orleans

• 1977 Young Rock Band Fans: Looking for men and women 18+ who appear to be in their 20s. Ladies dress size 0-6, men max waist 36” to fit already ordered costumes! Must be available for ALL 3 dates! Please note Thursday’s work will be an OVERNIGHT SHOOT. 

Daisy Jones & The Six has a mandatory vaccination policy for all Zone A workers, including Background Actors, Stand-Ins, and other talent ages 5 and above working on its set.  To be eligible to work on this production, you must be (1) either (a) fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine AND received a “Booster” if you are eligible for a Booster according to CDC guidelines (click here to check if you are eligible for Booster) (Also: if you received the AstraZeneca and Novavax vaccines, then three doses of any combination of Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, or Novavax vaccines would deem you Boosted) or (b) fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine but not yet Booster-eligible; or (2) have a medical 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 the criteria mentioned above.  If you are unable to show adequate proof to Production, then you are ineligible to be hired for this Production.   

If you answer “yes” to this message, then you are hereby attesting to the fact that you can and will provide such adequate proof to Production.  If you are selected, Production will collect and verify your proof.

Local to Chicago and the surrounding suburbs ONLY!

Searching for MALES and FEMALES, all ethnicities, 20’s to 60’s, to work as RESTAURANT PATRONS, on Saturday, April 9th. There will be a covid on Thursday, April 7th (takes about one hour), a fitting (take about 2 hours) the week before.

To apply send a recent color photograph of the both of you in the photograph, and let us know your height, weight, age, phone number, city, state, and clothing sizes.