Casting Call: BLACKBIRD - Actor Roles Part 1

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BLACKBIRD - Actor Roles Part 1

Details

Union:

Union or Non union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

Paid?:

Rates:

ACTRA + 130% Buyout / Prepayment.

Deadline:

Jan 17, 2024

Shooting locations:

Montreal & select roles in Budapest (TBD)

Cities for response:

Montréal, Ottawa

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	BURLY BOUNCER	Male 35 - 45 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as male. Mid 30s to mid 40s. ALL ETHNICITIES. Charismatic. Burly. A bouncer working the door of a club in the Gaslamp District of San Diego. He lights up at the sight of his “top guns”, the glamorous navy pilots who he always allows to cut the line at the club. ACCENT: The Character must be able to speak a standard American English with a generic American accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	LUCY	Female 50 - 59 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as female. 50s. ALL ETHNICITIES. Lucy is Troy’s (RYAN REYNOLDS) father Harold’s home care nurse. She has a tough exterior, made tougher by Harold’s resistance to being cared for. She is disapproving, although not surprised when he goes against her directions. ACCENT: The Character will speak in English, and may speak with any natural accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	NADIA DUKHOV	Female 50 - 59 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as female. 50s. RUSSIAN. Glowering. The wife of a high-ranking Soviet apparatchik. The mother of two children, Nadia often has headaches that last from morning til night, curable only by a fresh bottle of wine. ACCENT/ LANGUAGE: The Character must be able to speak in Russian with a Russian accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	BORIS DUKHOV	Male 7 - 12 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as male. 7-12. RUSSIAN. The son of a high-ranking Soviet apparatchik. Athletic build, a trophy-winning hockey player. A boy with a forlorn personality and miserable air. ACCENT: Because this role does not have any spoken lines of dialogue, the Performers submitted for this role can have any accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	MILA DUKHOV	Female 7 - 12 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as female. 7-12. RUSSIAN. The school-aged child of a high-ranking Soviet apparatchik. A child with a forlorn personality and miserable air. ACCENT: Because this role does not have any spoken lines of dialogue, the Performers submitted for this role can have any accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Non Speaking	OLD MAN - Beverage Cart	Male 60 - 89 Years old
Description Can play the role of a character that identifies as male. 60s-80s. RUSSIAN. Seasoned. An elderly man pushing a beverage cart on a train in Russia. At the job for years, nothing gets in the way of his cart when he’s making his rounds. ACCENT: Because this role does not have any spoken lines of dialogue, the Performers submitted for this role can have any accent. NB: PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS BUDGETED AS A MONTREAL LOCAL HIRE. PLEASE SUBMIT ACCORDINGLY.

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