Casting Call: THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS #3

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Feature Film

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS #3

Details

Union:

Union or Non union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

Amazon

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

ACTRA + 135% buyout / prepayment.

Deadline:

June 13, 2025

Auditions:

Via self tape.

Callbacks:

TBD

Shooting starts:

July 14, 2025 - All dates are tentative.

Shooting finishes:

Aug 29, 2025 - All dates are tentative.

Shooting locations:

Montreal PQ, Palo Alto

Cities for response:

Montréal, Ottawa

Comments

We encourage Agents to always consider inclusive casting when making their submissions.

We encourage Agents to submit Performers with COMEDY experience, training, or comic sensibility; please feel free to make notes on submissions to this effect.

TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.

Storyline

A romantic comedy based on the book by Ali Hazelwood.

When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor—and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. And when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding. . . six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope. (Excerpted from the Ali Hazelwood website.)

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	MCCONNELL	Male 26 - 29 Years old
Description Upgraded to PRINCIPAL despite ACTRA line count as Actor. To play the role of a man in his mid-late 20s. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. A fellow grad student at Stanford, he attends a biology lecture alongside Oliva and Ahn. Perpetually annoyed. He shoots the two women an irritated look and shushes them as they giggle during class. Despite his uptight, nerdish nature, he provides some needed comic relief when things get heavy. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	STUDENT ROLES - MEN	Male 26 - 29 Years old
Description PERFORMERS REQUESTED FROM THESE SUBMISSIONS WILL AUDITION FOR, AND BE CONSIDERED FOR, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ROLES: MCCONNELL To play the role of a man in his mid-late 20s. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. A fellow grad student at Stanford, he attends a biology lecture alongside Oliva and Ahn. Perpetually annoyed. He shoots the two women an irritated look and shushes them as they giggle during class. Despite his uptight, nerdish nature, he provides some needed comic relief when things get heavy. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. ANNOYED GUY To play the role of a man in his 20s. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Distracted guy texting on his phone while walking through campus. Narrowly avoids running into Olivia from behind. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. DRUNK JONATHAN GRIFFIN To play the role of a man in his mid-late 20s. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Student at an off-campus party. He tries to get other partygoers to play 'Drunk or High'. Gets spooked when he recognizes his biology professor at the function. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	YOUNGER STUDENTS - WOMEN	Female 18 - 20 Years old
Description PERFORMERS REQUESTED FROM THESE SUBMISSIONS WILL AUDITION FOR, AND BE CONSIDERED FOR, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ROLES: WORRIED STUDENT To play the role of an 18 - 20 year old woman. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Young, fresh-faced. New student at Stanford, majoring in biology. She’s excited but nervous, buzzing, hovering near the doorway of what’s rumored to be the hardest course in the program. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. NERVOUS STUDENT To play the role of an 18 - 20 year old woman. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Young, fresh-faced. New student at Stanford, majoring in biology. She’s excited but nervous, buzzing, hovering near the doorway of what’s rumored to be the hardest course in the program. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. STONED OLIVIA To play the role of an 18 - 20 year old woman. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. A student at an off campus party. Trying to help her team during a competitive game. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	ROSA	Female 13 - 14 Years old
Description To play the role of a 14-year-old girl. LATINX / LATINA. One of the young, gifted students in Stanford’s Future Innovators Program, working on her STEM project in the biology lab. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	NURSE LUCY	Female 40 - 69 Years old
Description To play the role of a woman in their 40s - 60s. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. Nurse administering a flu shot to a patient. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	HIGH MAX	Male 18 - 20 Years old
Description To play the role of an 18 - 20 year old man. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES. An undergrad student at an off campus party. They're high and confused while playing a game. LANGUAGE / ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak standard American English with a generic American accent. TONAL NOTES: This is a romantic COMEDY - the main characters are fun and distinct and funny; the situations are primarily light and funny, with some serious moments speckled in...but all in all, please find the comedy, BUT in a grounded and realistic way / delivery.

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