CASTING THE FEATURE SCALES with AMANADA LEE JACOBY! - CASTING IS NOW COMPLETE
HEY ALL! So happy to have you stop by the site and take a look at this fun feature I am the associate for with Amanda Lee Jacoby. Lots of great FEMALE ROLES for once! YAY!
SYNOPSIS:
Eleven year old Siren has a lot on her plate: a new boy in school with a debilitating bone disease who seems to really like her, the bully who picks on them all, her best friends asking her strange questions about her hitting puberty, and her adopted Mom seems to be hiding things too, not to mention the fact she is sprouting a tail and gills like a Mermaid and there seem to be men hunting her down because of it! Siren must face all this and find her true self in order to save the new boy at school from his disease , her best friend and her new family of Mermaids as she comes to grips with all these life changing events.
SYNOPSIS:
Eleven year old Siren has a lot on her plate: a new boy in school with a debilitating bone disease who seems to really like her, the bully who picks on them all, her best friends asking her strange questions about her hitting puberty, and her adopted Mom seems to be hiding things too, not to mention the fact she is sprouting a tail and gills like a Mermaid and there seem to be men hunting her down because of it! Siren must face all this and find her true self in order to save the new boy at school from his disease , her best friend and her new family of Mermaids as she comes to grips with all these life changing events.
THE TEAM:
Director: Kevan Peterson
Producer: Dwjuan Fox
Casting Director: Amanda Lee Jacoby
Casting Associate: Elise Hodge
Interview Dates: 6/1, 6/2, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5
Callback Dates: TBD
Shoot/Start Date: 7/6
Pay Rate: Sag Modified Low Budget Negotiable for Name Talent
Location: Santa Barbara
Producer: Dwjuan Fox
Casting Director: Amanda Lee Jacoby
Casting Associate: Elise Hodge
Interview Dates: 6/1, 6/2, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5
Callback Dates: TBD
Shoot/Start Date: 7/6
Pay Rate: Sag Modified Low Budget Negotiable for Name Talent
Location: Santa Barbara
QUINN
Female, 30s, open ethnicity, SUPPORTING. Quinn and her husband Washington live in a small coastal fishing town with their daughter Crystal. Her secret? She’s a mermaid. And so is her daughter. These two women have been watching and waiting for Crystal’s best friend, Siren, to be of the right age to tell Siren she too is a mermaid, like her adopted mom, Tiffany, and her real mom, Emerald. Quinn does her best to not only be the one who reveals this huge secret, but to protect Siren through this precarious time. There are hunters in town who would take Siren for her blood during her change, the one thing that gives humans eternal life. A kind but forceful woman, she is there every step of the way, through to the final battle with the hunters where she fights to save Siren and her own daughter, Crystal.
AMBER
Female, 20s-30s, open ethnicity, beautiful in another worldly way, swimmers body or great physique, SUPPORTING. She is a fighter and strong of heart. She’s the right hand of the leader of the mermaid clan living in this small, coastal fishing town. She is intelligent, cool, calm and collected, yet still a fighter when she needs to be. When she must fill the role of leader herself, she steps up and takes command to lead her fellow mermaids against those hunting their latest addition to the clan, Siren Phillips. She will do anything to protect one of their own and does so in the final battle against the commando male hunters out to take Siren away
MRS. HARPER
Female, Late 30s-50, open ethnicity, SUPPORTING. Mrs. Harper is a stern, but likeable science teacher, giving a lesson on tadpoles to her class when one of her students, Siren, causes a disruption and runs from the room. She is cool, calm and in charge, not allowing any funny business in her room to occur. What no one else knows is she is also a mermaid herself, helping to educate on the sly the young Siren on what she will become one day very very soon. Must be comfortable in a swimsuit. Two scenes.
BETTY
Female, 30s-40s, open ethnicity, beautiful in another worldly way, swimmers body or great physique, SUPPORTING. One of the local mermaid clan. She is friendly and not overly bright. She is a staunch and loyal friend, fighting alongside her mermaid sisters to protect their latest addition, young Siren, who is going through the change from human to mermaid for the first time while being tracked by a team of merciless mermaid hunters for her blood. Two scenes. Two lines.
SHOP KEEPER
Female, 60s, open ethnicity, character type, SUPPORTING. A local woman who runs a little store on the main street of a small fishing town. She is one of the many half human/half mermaids who live there. She keeps an eye on Siren, who is going through the change from human to mermaid, and joins in the mermaid clan meeting about the threat to them all brought about by the local hunters looking for Siren.
LINDA
Female, 35-50, open ethnicity, SUPPORTING. A local woman in the coastal fishing town who has no idea there are mermaids living amongst them. Tiffany blows by Linda as Linda peacefully gardens one afternoon. Tiffany is attempting to evade the mermaid hunters searching for her daughter Siren, and stumbles through Linda’s yard on her way to find Siren. Linda is startled by this and curious, but happily goes back to her gardening once Tiffany leaves. Two scenes. One line.
NURSE
Female, 20-40, any ethnicity, SUPPORTING. The local school in the small fishing town has a unique student, Siren, who happens to be going through a rare type of puberty: She is becoming a Mermaid. The school nurse is totally unaware of this and when Siren develops gills during school hours, the school nurse is hurried off to go get ice for Siren by Principal Strauss, who is all too aware of what is happening. Wishing nothing more than to be helpful and do her job well, the school nurse rushes off to get ice and returns only to find to her confusion and dismay that her services are not needed after all. Two scenes. 5 lines.
ORDERLY
Female, 40s-50s, open ethnicity, SUPPORTING. An efficient and perky woman who has no idea mermaids are real, especially not the young girl who just came into her ER. She is there to provide care for her patients, is helpful and pleasant. One scene, 4 lines.
TERRIN
Male, 20s-40s, open ethnicity, well built, SUPPORTING. One of the commando type henchmen who raid the home of suspected mermaids Tiffany and Siren Phillips. He is there to track down Siren specifically and is part of the final battle to kidnap Siren. Two scenes. One line.
GUARD
Male, 30s-40s, open ethnicity, body guard body-type, SUPPORTING. One of the commando type henchmen looking for Siren Philips. He is there to track down Siren specifically and is part of the final battle to kidnap Siren. Two scenes. 3 lines.