Feature Film
My Fading Guilty Lover
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Details
Episode:
2
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Rates in Character Descriptions
Deadline:
Dec 4, 2023
Callbacks:
Dec 6, 2023 
Shooting starts:
Dec 11, 2023 
Shooting finishes:
Dec 22, 2023 
Shooting locations:
Toronto - GTA
Cities for response:
Toronto
Storyline
Soap Opera
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadYvonneFemale 25 - 30 Years old
Description
Natural Beauty with a kind and soft demeanour.

Sensitive, and feels powerless even though she’s married into this juggernaut of a family empire and is the secret heiress to one almost as powerful.

Intimidated by the influence and wealth of her husband’s dynasty, Yvonne considers herself and her family at their mercy. So devoted to her son David that she endures her marriage to her icy husband; even when seeking revenge against his family, Yvonne tries to protect David. She can and will suffer anything it takes to do both – her superpower is her ability to endure.

LEAD - $200
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadCameronMale 25 - 30 Years old
Description
Snobby, obnoxious trust fund kid. Pompous and arrogant. Old money Toronto type. Never been told no in his life. Probably likes sailing. He would wear a sweater around his shoulders. Think young Shooter McGavin.

Has a strong sense of honor and loyalty to his powerful family, but has no idea how to live up to that birthright and fumbles with his power. His obsession with his lover Emilia wars internally with his duty to a loveless marriage of politics.

PRINCIPAL - $200
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadEmiliaFemale 25 - 30 Years old
Description
Dark features, Dark hair. New money type. She's the bad choice men make, and it's not for her personality, because she's a terrible person. She's all about sex and manipulation similar to a sexy witch.

A wealthy elite, and rotten to the core. Presents as sweet and even innocent, but this only hides a power-hungry, conniving temptress who desperately wants to sink her claws into Cameron and his inherited empire. And if this means getting his wife out of the picture so she doesn’t have to be a secret lover anymore, she’s prepared to do the most evil acts imaginable to make it happen.

PRINCIPAL $200
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadSusannaFemale 40 - 50 Years old
Description
Yvonne's mother is a nice, warm woman with kind eyes. Natural beauty with little makeup

A bleeding heart for her daughter’s happiness. Although she was adopted as a teen into an elite family, power and status have no sway for Susanna, making her unique among these dynasts except for her own daughter’s similar drive for her grandson. Suffers alongside Yvonne until she sacrifices her life to try and prevent her daughter’s further suffering.

PRINCIPAL - $200
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingPennyFemale 45 - 55 Years old
Description
Evil step-mom type. Not independently wealthy but they've manipulated their way into hanging around wealthy people so she has to prove her extravagance.

Craves the power and status that she would attain if Emilia marries Cameron in Yvonne’s place, and will do anything to help her daughter. Even more cruel than Emilia, Penny has grown to hate the entire family, Cameron and David included, and would happily see any of them suffer in Emilia’s plans.

SUPPORTING - $180
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingJamesMale 30 - 35 Years old
Description
Cameron's personal enforcer. Motivated by duty and not afraid to get his hands dirty. Tall, lean, lanky muscle. Slick backed hair kind of guy.

Any-dirty-job assistant with a sadistic streak a mile wide. Takes joy in the horrible things he is sometimes ordered to do, and even more joy in the horrible things he dreams up himself. Harbors a secret obsession with Emilia, and plots against his boss to steal her for himself while helping her with her plans.

SUPPORTING - $180
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingDavidMale 5 - 8 Years old
Description
Yvonne and Camerons son. A handsome fine little gentleman.

Caught in the middle of his parents dispute.

SUPPORTING - $180
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingDamianMale 25 - 30 Years old
Description
Small, and slender. Well dressed and charming.

A childhood friend of Yvonne’s and legally her cousin by her secret association in his elite family. Never liked Cameron or his not-so-secret lover Emilia, and felt sorry for Yvonne. Comes to Yvonne’s rescue when Cameron’s family turns against her.

SUPPORTING - $180
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingGale HendersonMale 30 - 40 Years old
Description
Cameron's older brother.

Cameron’s roguish romantic older brother and definitely not taking the reins of the family’s business anytime soon. Returns from globetrotting decadence to help Yvonne against Emilia and Cameron, not just from an affection for her and his nephew David but also his destructive self-loathing and hatred for his own corrupt and tyrannical family.

SUPPORTING - $180
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingHenryMale 35 - 45 Years old
Description
Faithful assistant to the Hollises who tries to look out for Yvonne, even to save her from herself.

Loyal to Yvonne’s family rather than her husband’s and one of her only allies against them.

SUPPORTING - $180