Job Position(s): Casting Call
Project Type: Short Film
Job Date: TBD
Compensation: Paid
Union Status: Non-Union
CASTING CALL
Project: Straw Man
Type: Short Film
Location: Toronto & GTA
A Tailored Film Production
Non-union
All Covid-19 safety guidelines will be followed
Outside Shooting Dates:
August-September 2021 + Dates TBD 2022 (please note we are looking to shoot 3-4 different seasons and so the shoot will be broken up into multiple shooting dates from Fall 2021 – 2022)
Synopsis:
Based on the memoir and true events. Straw Man is the compelling, Canadian story of Jacob’s battle with anorexia. This journey follows Jake during a time of his own perceptions of isolation and social exclusion where he clings to Anorexia nervosa until it becomes like a fanatical religious conviction for him.
Jake Body Double (18-25 playing age)
PAID 100/day
Male, Caucasian, 5′ 9″, medium-length brown hair, no facial hair (or willing to shave), little-no chest hair (or willing to shave), average build (non-athletic body type)
There is a shower scene, nudity will be cheated, but will require the actor to be in nude underwear.
Please submit your height, headshot and full body picture in form fitting clothes.
The Voice/Anorexia God Body (18+)
Male, Any ethnicity, SOC (silent on camera), must be over 6′ tall, very slim build
Should be comfortable with creative movement as this role requires the actor to personify an omnipresent evil spirit’s physical presence
Please submit your height and a full body picture in form-fitting clothes