Mini-Series
TRY BEGGING Vertical Series
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Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Mini-Series
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
Supporting and leads: $300-$500/per shoot day
Deadline:
Dec 22, 2024
Callbacks:
Dec 29, 2024 Chem reads Jan 3, 2025
Shooting starts:
Jan 16, 2025 
Shooting finishes:
Jan 23, 2025 
Shooting locations:
Vancouver and environs
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Comments
The two leads will require actors to be comfortable with implied nudity (no frontal nudity) and sexual situations. Intimacy coordinator will be on set to ensure actors comfort. Stunt experience an asset. Stunt coordinator on set.
Actors will be required to attend HMU test & wardrobe fitting + table read.
Storyline
TRY BEGGING is an erotic spy thriller about male power dynamics and female desire. In a war-torn world, a ruthless military commander becomes entangled in a dangerous game of espionage and desire when he becomes obsessed with a seductive spy seeking revenge for her mother's death, unaware that she harbors a dangerous secret that could destroy him.

SYNOPSIS:
Amid the tension between two warring nations, Frank Henderson, the cold and calculating commander-in-chief of a powerful military state, stands as the last defense against the aggressive ambitions of General Davis, the leader of a neighboring country struggling with poverty set on reclaiming land now owned by Henderson’s country. While Henderson’s modern weapons keep his enemies at bay, his unresolved hatred of women—born from a deep betrayal—threatens to unravel him. Enter Reese Wilson, a beautiful, alluring spy and fiancé of General Davis, who infiltrates Henderson's estate as a maid, tasked with gathering crucial intelligence on his newest weapon. As Reese secretly navigates her mission, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous dance of power, seduction, and manipulation. Henderson’s cruel attentions only feed her resolve, but as their connection intensifies, she learns of his true role in her mother's demise, complicating her vengeance. As the line between love, betrayal, and survival blurs, Reese must decide who to trust, and whether her heart or her mission will define her fate.

Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadFRANK HENDERSONMale 25 - 35 Years old
Description
FRANK HENDERSON (Lead). Male, 30yrs. Caucasian. Handsome with a chiseled jaw and cold exterior that belies a troubled soul. Commander-in-chief of a powerful, highly militarized nation. Must keep his army at the ready as the enemy attempts to regain the lands it once owned but which are now under his control. Controls a facility housing a secret weapon developed by his father. With a hatred for women born out of a previous betrayal, he finds himself obsessed with Reese until he learns her true identity. *Must be OK going shirtless. Implied sexual situations. Intimacy coordinator will be on set. // Stunt experience an asset. Stunt coordinator on set. Open to actor submissions.*

Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadREESE WILSONFemale 18 - 30 Years old
Description
REESE WILSON (Lead). Female, 20 yrs. Caucasian. Stunning looks coupled with an athletic frame. Dyes her long hair dark brown to disguise her identity. An undercover agent unafraid to seduce the enemy if it means saving her country. Engaged to General Davis. Gets a job as a maid at Henderson’s estate and is forced to clean the torture chamber where spies and traitors are interrogated and mercilessly disposed of. She endures Henderson’s ongoing harassment while ruthlessly planning an attack to avenge her mother, also a spy whom she believes was killed by Henderson’s henchmen. *Implied nudity (no frontal nudity) and sexual situations. Intimacy coordinator will be on set. // Stunt experience an asset. Stunt coordinator on set. Open to actor submissions.*
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingGENERAL SIMON DAVISMale 30 - 40 Years old
Description
GENERAL SIMON DAVIS (Supporting Lead). Male, 35 yrs. Caucasian. Powerful leader of the enemy country, which claims the lands now owned by Henderson’s country. Engaged to Reese Wilson, a spy he convinces to infiltrate Henderson’s organization, aimed at neutralizing his secret weapons stash. In reality, the General intends to sell the recovered land to a more powerful state. *Stunt experience an asset. Stunt coordinator on set. Open to actor submissions.*
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingJOE BAKERMale 18 - 30 Years old
Description
JOE BAKER (Supporting Lead). Male, 25yrs. Caucasian or ethnically ambiguous. A weak-minded man who looks more like an unassuming librarian than the ruthless spy he is supposed to be; a persona he fails to live up to. He infiltrates Henderson’s organization to become his secretary, gaining his trust. Secretly in love with Reese, he is convinced she will run away with him some day. When she refuses to return his advances, he contemplates giving her up to the enemy to save his own skin. *Stunt experience an asset. Stunt coordinator on set. Open to actor submissions.*
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingJACQUELINE COLEMANFemale 18 - 30 Years old
Description
JACQUELINE COLEMAN (Supporting Lead). Female, 25 yrs. Caucasian or ethnically ambiguous. Beautiful, aristocratic and cold. Trapped in a loveless engagement to Frank Henderson, an arrangement that is based solely on his alliance with her father, the owner of the business empire that manufactures weapons. *Open to actor submissions.*
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
SupportingTHE POSTMANMale 30 - 40 Years old
Description
THE POSTMAN (Supporting). Male, 30-40 yrs. A spy who pretends to be a mailman delivering packages to Reese while she’s at the Henderson estate. Disguised as letters from her sick mother, the packages actually contain encrypted orders and instructions she must carry out or risk capture. *Open to actor submissions.*
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
Small PrincipalEVANSMale 40 - 50 Years old
Description
EVANS (Supporting). Male, 40-50 yrs. Caucasian. Reese’s uncle, a tortured spy who dies in her arms. *Open to actor submissions.*