Casting: Shoe Brand

DANIELLE
(THE GIRLFRIEND)
PLAYING AGE 28-35
AMERICAN OR CAN DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING GENERAL AMERICAN ACCENT.
SHE SMART, GROUNDED AND BEAUTIFUL IN A WAY SHE DOES NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT, HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER WITHOUT EVER ASKING FOR CREDIT.
SHE IS WARM BUT GUARDED, SHE LOVES DEEPLY.
THIS ROLE SHOWS REAL HEART BREAK AND WE NEED AN ACTOR WHO CAN CARRY ALL OF THIS NATURALLY.
THE ROLE WILL INVOLVE A KISS WITH THE LEAD HERO MALE.

VLAD – THE BOSS
MALE, PLAYING AGE 42-55
EASTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE AND OR ABLE TO DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING EASTERN EUROPEAN ACCENT.
A CRIME BOSS, WHO HAS NO CONSISTENT TEMPERAMENT!
HE CAN LAUGH AT SOMETHING GENUINELY FUNNY & CRACK A MAN’S SKULL MID-LAUGH! ALL WITH THE SAME FACE, SAME RHYTHMS, WE SEE NO TRANSITION, HE IS NOT PERFORMING MENACE, HE JUST HAS NO BRAKES! MAKING HIM IMPOSSIBLE TO READ & EVEN WORSE TO BE AROUND.
OUR ACTOR NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO FIND REAL CHARM & THREAT ALL IN THE SAME BEAT, WITHOUT SIGNALING EITHER.

THE TEACHER
MALE, PLAYING AGE 48-65
AMERICAN OR CAN DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING GENERAL AMERICAN ACCENT.
WARM, UNHURRIED, WEATHERED, THE TEACHER A KID NEVER FORGETS.
HE IS ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, SCRUFFY, BUT COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN. HE CARRIES A STILLNESS THAT ALMOST READS AS TO CALM, LIKE HE HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO BE. HE IS TRUSTWORTHY WITHOUT EVER TRYING TO PROVE IT.
OUR ACTOR CAN MAKE US BELIEVE HE IS GENUINE FROM THE SECOND WE START WATCHING HIM.
THERE IS MORE TO THIS CHARACTER THAN MEETS THE EYE.

THE DOCTOR
MALE, PLAYING AGE 45-60
AMERICAN OR CAN DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING GENERAL AMERICAN ACCENT.
CLEAN INTELLIGENT FACE, CLINICAL BUT NOT COLD, DELIVERS AN ABSURD DIAGNOSIS WITH COMPLETE UNBLINKING PROFESSIONALISM. MUST LAND A COMIC LINE WITH A PERFECTLY STRAIGHT FACE. THE CHARACTER IS COMPLETELY EARNEST, THE COMEDY IS IN HIS TOTAL SERIOUSNESS

JASPER
MALE, PLAYING AGE 35-45
AMERICAN OR CAN DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING GENERAL AMERICAN ACCENT.
ROUGH FACE, WRINKLES HE EARNED THE HARD WAY, YEARS OF GAMBLING & CIGARETTES.
HE IS FUNNY IN A WAY THAT CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD. FUNNY RIGHT UP UNTIL HE IS THE REASON YOUR IN TROUBLE!
HE IS NOT SOMEONE YOU WOULD TRUST WITH YOUR WALLET, YOUR SECRETS OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND!
SOMEONE WHO CAN BE GENUINELY ENTERTAINING COMPANY, WHILE NEVER LETTING YOU FULLY RELAX.
LOOKING FOR ACTORS WITH SHARPE COMIC TIMING.

PAWN BROKER
MALE, PLAYING AGE 45-60
AMERICAN OR CAN DELIVER A GENUINE SOUNDING GENERAL AMERICAN ACCENT.
UNSHAVEN, SULLEN & HARD TO READ.
A LIFELONG DEALER IN RARE & QUESTIONABLE GOODS, HE HAS HEARD EVERY SOB STORY IN THE BOOK & STOPPED REACTING TO THEM YEARS AGO.
HE WILL LOWBALL WITHOUT BLINKING AND LET THE SILENCE DO THE NEGOTIATING FOR HIM.
DOES NOT RAISE HIS VOICE – HE DOES NOT NEED TO!
AN ACTOR WHO CAN HOLD THE SCENE THROUGH STILLNESS, DRY & DEADPAN CONTROL.