IRELAND: actors (m) 20-30, English spkrs, for short film in Derry [P]
ref # 211041
closing date: This casting is now closed
project title: Idle Hands
production type: feature film
pay: paid
looking for: actors
based in/around: Derry, Ireland
project title: Idle Hands
production type: feature film
pay: paid
looking for: actors
based in/around: Derry, Ireland
about the project
For a short film titled IDLE HANDS which is funded by Northern Ireland Screen through the individual short film fund.
This project explores the sources and different forms of depression in modern society. The story follows a day in the life of a married couple, Corey and Laura, struggling through poverty and alienation from each other. Their issues come to a head when Laura is posed with a life-changing decision. We are currently seeking two male actors, one to play the character of John which is a major speaking role in the project, and the other to play a friend to the main character, which is a smaller speaking role.
Looking to begin filming late April 2023 on location outside of Derry City.
Paid roles (small budget).
Looking to fill the following roles:
role 1 | actors | male
playing age: 23 - 28
role languages: English
playing age: 23 - 28
role languages: English
ROLE: John (Male, Mid 20’s)
m, mid 20s, physically fit and able-bodied, trim, well dressed in appearance
The wealthy result of a scholastic prodigy, clinically bland in appearance, a nervous wreck in demeanor, unempathetic in moral. John finds himself at the finish line of years of hard work and dedication to academia with a great-paying engineer job, an equally successful wife, a secluded farmhouse, and projected ever-growing successes for the foreseeable future which brings with it an indefinite boredom that scares him. John’s life has been safely confined to his studies, and now that the result of his work has paid off he jealously yearns for the experiences that hindered his peer’s abilities to achieve as well as he did in university, the drugs, the parties, the sex. In a moment of weakness, John caved into the carnal temptation for a secret affair with an old classmate, Laura, thinking this could be the remedy to his terminally unfulfilling success. The pair swear never to speak of the affair again the morning after.
m, mid 20s, physically fit and able-bodied, trim, well dressed in appearance
The wealthy result of a scholastic prodigy, clinically bland in appearance, a nervous wreck in demeanor, unempathetic in moral. John finds himself at the finish line of years of hard work and dedication to academia with a great-paying engineer job, an equally successful wife, a secluded farmhouse, and projected ever-growing successes for the foreseeable future which brings with it an indefinite boredom that scares him. John’s life has been safely confined to his studies, and now that the result of his work has paid off he jealously yearns for the experiences that hindered his peer’s abilities to achieve as well as he did in university, the drugs, the parties, the sex. In a moment of weakness, John caved into the carnal temptation for a secret affair with an old classmate, Laura, thinking this could be the remedy to his terminally unfulfilling success. The pair swear never to speak of the affair again the morning after.
role 2 | actors | male
playing age: 20 - 30
role languages: English
playing age: 20 - 30
role languages: English
ROLE: Friend
m, 20-30
A friend to the main character, which is a smaller speaking role.
m, 20-30
A friend to the main character, which is a smaller speaking role.
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