Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Film School
Network:
Paid?:
No
Rates:
No rate
Deadline:
Feb 22, 2026
Auditions:
Headshot, Resume, Self-tapes due by February 23rd
Callbacks:
Feb 27, 2026 Must be in Vancouver, BC
Shooting starts:
Mar 18, 2026 Vancouver Bc
Shooting finishes:
Mar 20, 2026 Vancouver Bc
Shooting locations:
Vancouver Bc
Cities for response:
Vancouver
Storyline
Robert Walker is a physician at a walk-in clinic with a troubled past, trying to deal with his own haunting demons. Zhou, a threatening connection from his past, demands that he perform surgery on one of his injured gang members. With no choice but to comply, Robert performs the surgery and is tempted by the promise of money, ultimately returning to the criminal life he previously knew, choosing to lie to a detective who questions him.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Robert Walker | Male 30 - 35 Years old |
Description Open ethnicity Robert Walker is a physician in his mid-thirties, living a robotic and mundane routine of treating patients everyday. Accomplished and ambitious by most measures, he is still plagued by his own insecurities, anxieties and past encounters. As he struggles with a long-standing opioid addiction, it pulls him to the criminal underworld where he reunites with Zhou. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Lead | Zhou | Male 20 - 29 Years old |
Description Asian Canadian Already an experienced gang leader in his mid-20s, Zhou is unassuming but dangerous. He’s a viper hiding in plain sight, calm and focused about renewing his association with Robert for his criminal needs. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Cathy | Female 40 - 55 Years old |
Description Open ethnicity Cathy is a nurse in her late 40s who has seen it all but hasn’t lost her humanity in the process. Fundamentally caring, but practical, she cares for Robert and does her best to give the most care to anyone coming in the door. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Detective Mossberg | Male 40 - 50 Years old |
Description Open ethnicity World-weary at 45, he has seen his share of violence and disregard for life on the streets of Vancouver. Arriving in the story to inject another layer of paranoia, he’s friendly and suspicious without being outwardly threatening. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Jason | Male 20 - 28 Years old |
Description Open ethnicity Jason is the muscle of the gang and he’s tightly controlled and loyal to Zhou. Injured in a drug deal gone bad, he’s bleeding when we meet him in the story. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Tran | Male 18 - 25 Years old |
Description Asian-Canadian Barely 19, Tran is young and impressionable, and has been co-opted into this life through a mixture of necessity and pressure. The newest addition to the gang, he is still in the initiation stages, unsure of what his role will be, or if he has the stomach for it. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Janice | 65 - 75 Years old |
Description Open-ethnicity A kind woman in her 60s, Janice is a regular patient at Robert’s walk-in clinic, having come in for treatment over the last two years. Sweet and mischievous, she is always a welcome sight in the clinic. | ||