DIRECTORS CUT
Posted on: 04/13/23
![]() Casting Director: Apply to view! Company/Link: Apply to view! Client/Artist: Apply to view! Casting Location: Apply to view! Shoot Location: Apply to view! Shoot Date: Apply to view! Casting Date: Apply to view! Day Rate: Apply to view! Usage Rate: Apply to view! Usage - Type: Apply to view! Usage - Length of Time: Apply to view! Usage - Location: Apply to view! Job Type: Apply to view! Union Status: Apply to view! Categories/Roles: JAY FRANCIS 21-24 / Male / Caucasian Tortured artist and tattooed heartthrob with deep emotional scars. He is the lead singer of the Suicide Disease. Humble beginnings growing up in a broken home in Mastic, Long Island. Son of a father he never knew and a mother he never knew sober. His brother, defeated by the pain of trigeminal neuralgia shot himself in their home bathroom. Jay suffers heavy bouts of depression–enough to isolate him from his friends and girlfriend. He pours his heart and soul into poems and songs about the death of his brother and starts to build a band with his childhood friend Juan all while meeting a new love, Jen, who tries daily to rebuild the broken boy. His voice sings his pain away, which is all he wants to do everyday. LEAD. Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. Lead singer of the band must have experience singing hard rock and punk. JOHN GREY 21-24 / Male / Caucasian Constantly cool, calm, and extremely organized, John is oozing in talent. He is the guitarist of the Suicide Disease. Raised by his father in Lindenhurst, John was only seven when they buried his mother after she lost a long battle with cancer. He picked up his father’s guitar and spent his adolescent years mastering the instrument and learning to record. After meeting Jen at one of his shows, she notices his talent and sets him up with her ex-boyfriend, Jay, knowing the two would be a force together. After the band is forced to go on a hiatus, John and Val become inseparable; to the point of nausea. LEAD Talent MUST know how to play guitar with a band. Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. JEN ZOCO 21-24 / Female / Hispanic A hybrid of goth, punk, and hardcore. Cute and toxic–which are traits she picked up from her mother–Jen is highly opinionated and irritable. She is the social media influencer for the Suicide Disease. Born and raised in D.C. and now living in Long Island. She struggles to fit in with new friends after escaping a promiscuous past. She is never friendly to a stranger and is always pushy around a cute guy. An only child that grew up watching her mother collect boyfriends, Jen is now following in her footsteps as she collects tattoos and menial jobs. LEAD Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. VAL D 21-24 / Female / Caucasian Italian woman. The quiet, complex photographer of the Suicide Disease. The daughter of a gangster who she has never spent time with outside of a visiting room, she picked up photography as a way to get out of her house and out of her head. Val photographed John in his earlier band and introduces him to Jay, which led to the making of the Suicide Disease, a band she takes full credit for forming. After a bad breakup with Jay, following a traumatic incident, she begins dating John, which becomes her happiness. LEAD Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. MENACE 21-24 / Male / Hispanic Cuban. The intelligent, athletic, and overachieving bassist of the Suicide Disease. As an academic scholar and athletic kid his whole life, Menace was a baseball lover until his first hardcore show and trip in the pit. He is a self-taught bass player who lacks a bit in natural skill but makes up for it with his work ethic and undying persistence. Being the son of strict Cuban immigrants who think anything related to the music world is foolish, he feels as if he must achieve success in order to prove them wrong. LEAD Talent MUST know how to play bass guitar with a band. Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. JUAN 21-24 / Male / Asian Filipino man. He is the life of the party, and is possibly gay. He was born in the Philippines and moved to the states when he was only ten years old. Juan quickly fit into the teen culture with his easy-going persona. Being the typical party guy, he is always down to drink, smoke, and cause trouble with anyone. Jay was the first kid to claim Juan as a friend and Juan never forgets their close bond. He admires Jay in a way that makes for jokes and even certain rumors. LEAD Talent MUST know how to play the drums with a band. Talent will be needed for three (3) days of work. ![]() |