Auditions for Short film "Are You Ready?"

Casting Call

Production Title: ARE YOUR READY?

EMPLOYER: FREE YOUR MIND FILMS
DIRECTOR: CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
CASTING DIRECTOR: JENNIFER ROMAN
PRODUCERS: CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, DAVID MENDEZ
SHOOT DURATION: 1 DAY
SHOOTING BEGINS: SEPTEMBER

PAYMENT: NO-PAY, NO UNION


This is a casting call for Black Man Rising Productions newest short film “Are You Ready?”. The film is about two former government agents trying to get back into their former positions when both their wives are brutally murdered in a terrorist attack. What they don’t realize is that the game as completely changed, and now in the eyes of the government, in order to fight a terrorist, you must understand and think like a terrorist, and in the final test to see who fills the final slot, The two best friends must play a game of russian roulette to see if they’re willing to die for their cause, and who’s really ready to become the monster in the mirror. “Are You Ready?” is directed by Christopher Johnson and is the first of a short film trilogy which continues with ‘Am I Ready?” and concludes with “Yes, I’m Ready”, and is looking for two lead character roles, and one supporting, all male. All lead characters’ age range from 25-50. Auditions will take place at Shelter Studios at 244 W 54th street. The date will be on August 20th from 6-11pm and appointments will be issued within that timeframe. No SAG, No Pay. Actors cast in the film will given food and both a dvd and a data file disc of the film for their portfolios. Please email your resume, reel and headshot. Here is the mandy link. http://www.mandy.com/1/cast3.cfm?v=60473889
If chosen for an audition we will be supplying you with sides for you to prepare.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS

MAGUIRE: (LEAD)
JASON MAGUIRE WAS A FORMER PAPER PUSHER TURN WEAPONS TRAINED ANALYST WHO TURNED HIS BACK FROM HIS PAST SHADY WORK IN ORDER TO RAISE A FAMILY WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE. CALM, RATIONAL AND HEARTFELT, THINGS CHANGE FOREVER AFTER HIS WIFE IS MURDERED IN A TERRORIST BOMB, AND HIS FRIEND BALE CONVINCES HIM TO REJOIN THE AGENCY. BUT EVERY ACTION THEY TAKE BEGINS TO RIP APART THE MAN THAT HE USED TO BE, AND NOW AFTER HE FINDS HIMSELF TRAPPED IN THE FINAL TEST, MAGUIRE IS TERRORIZED OF WHAT HE HAS TO DO, AND WHAT HE MAY HAVE TO BECOME IF HE IS TO MAKE THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS WIFE PAY.

BALE: (CO-LEAD)
ETHAN BALE IS THE COLDER AND MORE CONFIDENT OF THE TWO MEN. FUELED BY RAGE AND HAVING IGNORED THE NORMAL GRIEF AND EMOTION THAT FOLLOWED HIS WIFE’S DEATH, BALE THRUSTS HIMSELF DEEPLY AND HARSHLY INTO HIS FORMER OPERATIVE WORK BEFORE DISCOVERING THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW ANTI-TERRORISM REGION. HE IS NOT FEARFUL OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE, AND NOT FEARFUL OF WHAT HE CAN BECOME, BUT IS FEARFUL OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIS CHILDREN IF HE DOESN’T DO EVERYTHING THAT IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL, EVEN IF HE MUST DIE FOR IT.

ROUTH: (SUPPORTING)

DYLAN ROUTH IS A FORMER HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL OF THE CIA WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF RETIREMENT TO RUN THE NEW ANTI-TERRORISM REGION THAT THE GOVERNMENT DESPERATELY NEEDS TO COMBAT TERROR. KNOWN FOR HIS UNORTHODOX METHODS AND COLD, CALCULATING DEMEANOR, ROUTH BELIEVES THAT THE ONLY WAY TO WIPE OUT THE TERRORIST IS TO BELIEVE AS STRONGLY AS THEM AND TO TAKE AS EXTREME METHODS AS THEY DO IN ORDER TO DEFEAT THEM. EVEN IF THAT MEANS ABANDONING THE MORALS THAT YOU WERE TAUGHT TO HAVE ALL YOUR LIFE. NOTHING MEANS MORE THE ELIMINATING THE THREAT AND PROTECTING FAMILY AND COUNTRY.
 
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