GERMANY: actors (m/f) 20-35, English spkrs, for short film in Darmstadt
ref # 234233
closing date: This casting is now closed
project title: Guten Appetit
production type: short film
pay: contact for details
looking for: Schauspielende
based in/around: Darmstadt, Deutschland
project title: Guten Appetit
production type: short film
pay: contact for details
looking for: Schauspielende
based in/around: Darmstadt, Deutschland
about the project
Looking for actors to play the leads in our 15-20 minute short film called ”Guten Appetit”. It’s a Dark Comedy, Drama, with elements of Horror, with the main theme of ’What’s considered ethical in death?’.
The shooting days are 28.11.22-3.12.22 in Darmstadt, Matildenhöhe.
CONCEPT/SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT: A millionaire dies; his children and a solicitor are present at an ‘open coffin’ farewell. The will states that the man has left a key to a safe with the majority of the money and that only one of them can have it. The deceased however has consumed the key, and the only way he’ll allow for it to be removed is for them to eat through his dead body. The children argue amongst themselves to see who’ll be the successor.
Looking to fill the following roles:
role 1 | actors | male
playing age: 20 - 27
role languages: Englisch
playing age: 20 - 27
role languages: Englisch
ROLE: GENE
Physical traits: 20-27 years old, dark brown/brown hair, Facial scarring Gene is the youngest and most influenced, he usually likes to go for far fetching ideas and solutions. But there’s still a sense of hand-holding that he hasn’t outgrown. He feels unsupported by his siblings, and the majority of the family, and therefore resorts to unconventional remarks that he plays off as "jokes”. He’s most adamantly for the will, which is what initially throws the entire farewell into a state of chaos and earns him an almost straight away ostracisation. Once in the thick of it, he keeps switching up his decision to see who it’ll throw off faster.
Physical traits: 20-27 years old, dark brown/brown hair, Facial scarring Gene is the youngest and most influenced, he usually likes to go for far fetching ideas and solutions. But there’s still a sense of hand-holding that he hasn’t outgrown. He feels unsupported by his siblings, and the majority of the family, and therefore resorts to unconventional remarks that he plays off as "jokes”. He’s most adamantly for the will, which is what initially throws the entire farewell into a state of chaos and earns him an almost straight away ostracisation. Once in the thick of it, he keeps switching up his decision to see who it’ll throw off faster.
role 2 | actors | female
playing age: 25 - 35
role languages: Englisch
playing age: 25 - 35
role languages: Englisch
ROLE: VICTORIA
Physical traits: 25-35 years old, tall almost lanky (preferred but not required) Her not so subtle "I-don’t-give-a-fuck” attitude endlessly goes hand in hand with an overbearing and constantly striving to be morally superior personality. That easily alienated her from her family She’s ethically against it, she believes that a solution will come if she remains pacifistic, though it doesn’t take long for her to start rocking the boat and blowing her own decisions into an unproportionate mess.
Physical traits: 25-35 years old, tall almost lanky (preferred but not required) Her not so subtle "I-don’t-give-a-fuck” attitude endlessly goes hand in hand with an overbearing and constantly striving to be morally superior personality. That easily alienated her from her family She’s ethically against it, she believes that a solution will come if she remains pacifistic, though it doesn’t take long for her to start rocking the boat and blowing her own decisions into an unproportionate mess.
role 3 | actors | female
playing age: 25 - 35
role languages: Englisch
playing age: 25 - 35
role languages: Englisch
ROLE: MARTHA
Physical traits: 25-35 years old, short hair (preferably above the shoulders) Martha is someone who has grown to be the families hidden disappointment, she has secrets and tries her best to suck up to whoever has the upper hand in the moment. She has her moments, and loathes to be in the presence of those who know her best — her siblings. The will poses a threat to her stability, and as a stubborn person she’s willing to reach as far as she can for it, though there’s always the threat of blackmail and manipulation from her family that would ultimately tear up her persistence.
Physical traits: 25-35 years old, short hair (preferably above the shoulders) Martha is someone who has grown to be the families hidden disappointment, she has secrets and tries her best to suck up to whoever has the upper hand in the moment. She has her moments, and loathes to be in the presence of those who know her best — her siblings. The will poses a threat to her stability, and as a stubborn person she’s willing to reach as far as she can for it, though there’s always the threat of blackmail and manipulation from her family that would ultimately tear up her persistence.
role 4 | actors | male
playing age: 27 - 35
role languages: Englisch
playing age: 27 - 35
role languages: Englisch
ROLE: ALEXANDER
Physical traits: 27-35 years old, worn out but ‘almost’ clean-shaven look. The oldest and most sorted of the siblings, Alexander has a looming neurotic personality — to his siblings he represents unstable stability. With swinging bouts of anxiety, self-consciousness, irritability, and emotional instability, the "duty” of responsibility and professionalism are two things that kept him together for this farewell. He’s not wholly against the idea of the will. But juxtaposed to the rest he retains a more middle ground, as he’d love to respect the last wishes of the person, but in an ethical and traditional point of view — that’s a whole new can of worms.
Physical traits: 27-35 years old, worn out but ‘almost’ clean-shaven look. The oldest and most sorted of the siblings, Alexander has a looming neurotic personality — to his siblings he represents unstable stability. With swinging bouts of anxiety, self-consciousness, irritability, and emotional instability, the "duty” of responsibility and professionalism are two things that kept him together for this farewell. He’s not wholly against the idea of the will. But juxtaposed to the rest he retains a more middle ground, as he’d love to respect the last wishes of the person, but in an ethical and traditional point of view — that’s a whole new can of worms.
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