OPEN CALL!
In Search Of Agency is casting DÌDI (弟弟), a feature film written and directed by Sean Wang, set to film during Summer of 2023.
NO ACTING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Talent can be based anywhere in the United States and must be legal to work in the US. Local Bay Area submissions are highly encouraged!
THIS IS A PAID OPPORTUNITY
Project Details
Shoot Location – Fremont, California
Shoot Dates – Summer 2023
Round 2 Call Backs – late April
This is a SAG-AFTRA film project, but we are open to considering any Non-union talent as well.
ROLES
CHRIS WANG, aka WANG-WANG, Male (11-14) – Chinese / Taiwanese American – Impressionable, angsty, and charmingly brace-faced. Manga enthusiast, amateur cameraperson, and fledgling skate nerd. Wrestles with a complex inner sense of identity that he can’t fully comprehend yet: too Asian for the white kids, too white for the Asian kids.
*Must be able to speak conversational Mandarin. Skateboarding experience a plus.*
FAHAD MAHMOOD, Male (11-14) – South Asian American – Charismatic, lovable, young brown casanova (or so-he-thinks). A natural storyteller. Comes from a religious family, but Dave Chapelle, Russell Peters, and Kevjumba are his Gods. Cares about two things and two things only: staying fresh & mackin’ on girls.
JIMMY KIM – aka SOUP, Male (11-14) – Korean American – Loudmouth, no-filter goofball. Lives on a healthy diet of kimchi-jjigae, Monster energy, and underground hip-hop: Blue Scholars, Atmosphere, Nujabes are the soundtracks to his life. A loose cannon of untamed emotion. Gochujang on everything, DGAF about nothin’.
CHUNGSING, Female (40 – 60) – Chinese/Taiwanese American – CLOSED
NAI NAI, Female (75 – 90) – Chinese/Taiwanese American – CLOSED
VIVIAN, Female (16 – 22) – Chinese/Taiwanese American – CLOSED
DONOVAN, Male (16 – 25) – all ethnicities – hometown hero & hustler with a heart of gold. Looks for every chance to make some change: odd jobs, charging gas money, slanging shoes, etc. Would rather earn one dollar than steal ten. Wants to be sponsored.
*Must know how to skateboard*
NUGGET, Male (14 – 20) – all ethnicities –Happy-go-lucky skate rat. Showers once a week. Radiates positivity – never not smiling.
*Must know how to skateboard*
CORY, Male (16 – 22) – all ethnicities – CLOSED
MADI, Female (13 – 18) – CLOSED
JADE, Female (12 – 18) – all ethnicities – Bold, sassy, smart & stylish. 4.0 Honors student from the sister school. Into streetwear and raw denim. Wears Stüssy on picture day.
ELLIE, Female (12 – 18) – all ethnicities – Jade’s “best friend” and/or underling. Observant, always putting on. Nicer than she seems. Shier than she acts.
JOSH, Male (14-18) *this is the correct age range*– East Asian American – Academic. Athletic. Awkward. A try-hard, but Asian excellence in all the ways his mother would want.*this is the correct age range*
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