Description: Sam exists within Mike’s world as part of the extended environment of the lot / community. He has a casual, grounded presence — someone who feels like they belong in this space and understands the rhythm of the place. His interaction is brief but contributes to the realism of Mike’s environment. He should feel like a real person you’d encounter in this setting (not heightened or stylized). Performance Tone: Naturalistic, understated, conversational.

Description: A loud, impatient passenger who becomes increasingly irritated by Mike’s ringing phone during a bus ride. His escalating frustration leads to a brief but intense confrontation. Performance Tone: Aggressive, comedic intensity.

Description: A charismatic, highly confident salesman at a large upscale car dealership. He represents everything Mike’s struggling business is not. He speaks quickly, jokes constantly and exudes the swagger of someone who believes he’s always in control of the room. Cliff enjoys showing off his success and takes pride in his salesmanship. Flashy and over-the-top. Performance Tone: High energy, charismatic, slightly ridiculous.

Description: Another salesman at the dealership who competes aggressively with Cliff for customers. Polished and eager to close deals, Lance has a slightly desperate edge beneath his confidence. He’s quick to jump into conversations and tries hard to assert himself as the better salesman. Performance Tone: Competitive, slick, comedic rivalry.

Description: A third dealership salesman who joins the competitive energy between Lance and Cliff. Vincent is equally polished and eager to impress customers, creating a trio of overconfident sales personalities. Performance Tone: Charismatic, slightly exaggerated sales persona.

Description: A potential customer who wanders onto Mike’s lot during the commercial shoot. Soft-spoken and slightly eccentric, he becomes fixated on finding a “brown car,” much to the frustration of everyone around him. Performance Tone: Dry, understated comedy.

Description: Professional, direct and authoritative, Officer 1 brings a grounded, real-world energy that contrasts sharply with the chaos of the situation. They are not comedic, the seriousness of their presence actually heightens the humour of what’s unfolding around them. Performance Tone: Controlled, procedural, realistic. No exaggeration. Notes: Must be comfortable with physical interaction (detaining/arrest blocking). Experience with procedural roles an asset.

Description: A young child who appears briefly within the world of the film. His presence helps ground the setting and adds texture to the environment Mike is moving through. Performance Tone: Natural, unforced, age-appropriate behavior.

Description: The Bus Driver is firm, no-nonsense and not interested in negotiating. They are used to maintaining order and have a low tolerance for nonsense, especially when it affects the rest of their passengers.

Any Ethnicity. The emotional center of the story. Sophie is quick-witted, chaotic, and deeply feeling; she processes life at full speed, mid-thought and mid-crisis simultaneously. Beneath her humour and deflection lives someone who has spent years shrinking herself to be loved, always the one who shows up, texts first, and loves loudest. Her arc is quiet but devastating: she arrives at the meeting with unresolved feelings and leaves with hard-won clarity. Needs to carry sharp comedic timing and genuine emotional weight without tipping into either comedy or melodrama. The role demands that both feel inevitable and true at the same time. $300 CAD/day flat fee.

Any Ethnicity. Polished, soft-spoken, and emotionally slippery. Though the story asks us to believe he's genuinely trying to be less so. Tommy ghosted Sophie for three years and has come back carrying real remorse and real growth, but also real blind spots he hasn't fully reckoned with yet. He's not a villain; he's a man who did damage while struggling with himself, and is only now beginning to understand the cost. The performance needs to make him sympathetic without letting him off the hook; the audience should understand why Sophie loved him and why she walks away. Charm is essential, but so is the grief underneath it. $300 CAD/day flat fee.

Any Ethnicity. Sophie's best friend and self-described bullshit translator. Cool, dry, and observant; she's the one who sees everything and says exactly what needs to be said, usually in four words or fewer. She exists as Sophie's grounding force, and her moments must land as both hilarious and completely earned; she needs a strong, specific comic presence. Chemistry with Sophie is essential. $100 CAD/day flat fee.

Any Ethnicity. Sophie's neighbour and ongoing situationship. Benito is confident, warm, and completely unbothered, a man at ease in his own skin. He’s extremely fit. His brief interaction is a pressure test on Tommy, and it works because Benito isn't trying to compete; he simply is. He is effortlessly magnetic. Physical presence matters here. $100 CAD/day flat fee.

Charming, boyish, but capable of carrying trauma — must be able to shift sides. He should be good with emotional intimacy and high emotional stakes. A tortured soul who we fall in love with despite his turning on Sara. We should be devastated when he turns on her.

Open ethnicity. Slim, edgy but still innocent. Dark hair.

Open ethnicity. Intense, controlled presence. Says everything with his eyes. Looks like a fighter.

Open ethnicity. Large, intimidating, physically strong.

Mujer fuerte, carismática y compleja, con profundidad emocional. Personaje protagonista de una serie internacional. Se requiere sólida experiencia en cine o televisión y capacidad para sostener un papel principal. Se valorará físico activo/deportivo.

A sensitive, imaginative and emotionally perceptive young child. Imogen is gentle and slightly anxious, with a rich inner world that blurs the line between imagination and reality. As fear takes hold, she becomes increasingly withdrawn and distressed, carrying the emotional weight of the story. Requires a child actor capable of expressing genuine fear, vulnerability, and quiet intensity. SUPPORTING LEAD. $125/Day. 2-3 Days on Set. Must be comfortable with light horror elements (nothing extreme). Strong ability to take direction and remain present in emotionally heightened scenes. Naturalistic performance style preferred over precociousness. Non-violent role. Some scenes of emotional distress and fear (crying, panic while trapped in the bathroom). Brief moment holding a plastic prop meat cleaver in a playful context (non-threatening, not used violently).

Imogen’s older sister. Playful, mischievous, and a little cheeky, Claire enjoys pushing boundaries and teasing her younger sibling - but without fully understanding the consequences. Her energy brings levity early on, before subtly contributing to the film’s tension. PRINCIPAL ROLE. $125/Day. 1-2 Days on Set. Strong sense of timing and natural playfulness. Ability to balance humor with slightly unsettling undertones. Comfortable with light improv and physicality. Non-violent role. Engages in typical sibling roughhousing and teasing. Locks sister in bathroom as part of play, which contributes to tension but involves no physical harm.