Details
Union:
Non union
Area of media:
Feature Film
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
$200/day for each role.
Deadline:
Feb 6, 2024
Callbacks:
Feb 26, 2024 call backs will start around this date.
Shooting starts:
May 1, 2024 No dates are set yet. It will be May-June
Shooting finishes:
June 30, 2024 Actual Dates TBD, May/June
Shooting locations:
Hamilton
Cities for response:
Toronto
Comments
The first round of auditions will be self tapes (due Feb 15th). Call backs will be set up after that, and will be on zoom.
Storyline
A rat race black comedy that centers around a menagerie of misfits at a local dive bar who scheme, back stab, and claw at one another to find a bag of money from a botched drug deal.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | JIMMY | Male 30 - 45 Years old |
Description Jimmy (30-45): Male. Asian. Jimmy is the proprietor of Good Eats. A recent immigrant, he’s trying to sponsor his family to Canada. With hopes of living the Canadian dream, he has found himself in a nightmare taking care of drunks, drug addicts, criminals, and the community’s most vulnerable. Financially drained, he is unable to balance the daily finances of the bar while saving money for his family. We are looking, ideally, for someone whose first language is not English. There will be scenes where Jimmy speaks in his first language to his wife on the phone. We don't care what language it is, but please identify what you first language is in your slate. We will be casting the wife and child of Jimmy based on the person chosen for the role, and they will have to be able to speak that language. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | GEORGE | Male 60 - 80 Years old |
Description George (60-80): Male. Any Ethnicity. A full-blown alcoholic. Extremely lonely, he just wants someone to listen to him. To be respected. A loudmouth, he spends his days at the neighbourhood bars drinking and talking the ear off of anybody who will listen. Intelligent, he relies on the little knowledge he has obtained to impress those around him. But his constant blabbering and total disregard for fellow patron’s privacy has made him an outcast amongst the regulars. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | BERNICE | Female 25 - 35 Years old |
Description Bernice (25-35): Female. Any ethnicity. Naïve and a bit gullible. Without a strong positive male figure in her life, she constantly finds herself dating the wrong men and for the wrong reasons. She wants to be pampered and taken care of. Elvii, an aspiring actor, is her current sugar daddy. Sharing a small bachelor apartment, he continually promises her that things are going to get better. That he’ll make it big and they’ll be moving to Hollywood. She desperately holds onto that idea. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | TESUS | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description Tesus (20 – 30): African American. Male. A hip-hop music producer and chronic stoner. A dreamer, he is easy going and care free. Best friends with Skim Milk (hip-hop artist), Tesus is adamant about producing a hit single that will get them out of his makeshift apartment recording studio and catapult them both into stardom. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | BARB | Female 60 - 80 Years old |
Description Barb (60 – 80): Any ethnicity. Female. Single grandmother of Troy, a young man with special needs. Selfless and compassionate Barb is also gambling addict. If she’s not buying scratch tickets, she’s at Bingo. Her gambling addiction has put a financial strain on her and Troy. They share a one-bedroom apartment, taking turns sleeping on the couch. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | SKIM MILK | Male 20 - 30 Years old |
Description Skim Milk (20-30): Any Ethnicity and Gender. Skim Milk is a chronic stoner and aspiring hip-hop artist. Extremely hardworking, they live and breathe music. A dreamer, they have dreams of becoming the next big thing. Best friends with Tesus, they acts as Tesus’ moral compass. Between getting high and joking around, they have each other’s back. Loyal and trustworthy, Skim Milk tells it as it is. Ideally looking for someone who can actually free-style. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | FOGGY | Male 40 - 65 Years old |
Description Foggy (40-65): Any ethnicity and gender. A heroin addict with a bad habit. They spend the majority of their day trying to figure out how to score. Constantly borrowing money from other patrons at Jimmy’s, Foggy has become somewhat of a pest. Roommates with George, Foggy tries to spend as little time at home as possible. He is connected to many shady characters. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | SHANE | Male 35 - 50 Years old |
Description Shane (35 – 50): Caucasian. Male. Entitled and lazy, he has a hard time keeping a job. He enjoys being a big fish in a small pond. A classic bully, Jimmy’s Good Eats is his clubhouse where he makes and enforces the rules. A father of two young kids, he’s struggles to take care of his family. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | BROOKS | Male 55 - 75 Years old |
Description Brooks (55-75): Male. Any ethnicity. A recovering addict, he is someone who has lived hard. He has a constant chip on his shoulder. Brooks and his wife Deb are regulars at Jimmy’s. In an unhappy marriage, he spends most of his time ignoring or arguing with Deb. In financial dire straits, Brooks is forced to share a pair of dentures with Deb. A talent with dentures would be ideal. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | DEB | Female 55 - 75 Years old |
Description Deb (55-75): Female. Any ethnicity. A recovering addict, she is someone who has lived hard. Compassionate, she has a motherly quality to her. Deb and her husband Brooks are regulars at Jimmy’s. In an unhappy marriage, she spends most of her time ignoring or arguing with Brooks. In financial dire straits, Deb is forced to share a pair of dentures with Brooks. If the actor has dentures, that would be ideal. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | COP #1 | Male 35 - 50 Years old |
Description Cop #1 (35-50): Any ethnicity and gender. They have seen it all. Nothing shocks them anymore. A good cop with a dark sense of humor. Loves interrogating and having fun with it. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | ASHLEY | Female 30 - 40 Years old |
Description Ashley (30-40): Female. Any ethnicity. Suburban mom. Has led a somewhat sheltered life and is very protective of her children. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Small Principal | PHYLIS | Female 75 - 85 Years old |
Description Phylis (75-85): Female. Any ethnicity. A widow. A loving and compassionate grandmother. Her family is the most important thing. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | COREY | Male 6 - 10 Years old |
Description Corey (6-10): Male. Caucasian. Shane’s son. Fun-loving good kid. Curious and inquisitive, he likes to ask questions. He is unaware of the financial situation his father is in. He frequents Jimmy’s in hopes of seeing his dad and getting a meal. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | CINDY | Female 30 - 50 Years old |
Description Cindy (30-50): Female. Asian. She is the proprietor or Happy Cup, a neighborhood dive bar. Her role is more of a babysitter than owner, as she constantly has to put up with the drunken antics of her customers. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | VANESSA | Male 6 - 9 Years old |
Description Vanessa (6-9): Female. Any ethnicity. Shy, she is soft spoken. She is best friends with Corey. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | SKATER #1 | Male 10 - 14 Years old |
Description Skater #1(10-14): Male. Any ethnicity. Punk kid. Jokester. Loves to cause trouble. Needs to be able to skate board in the scene. | ||