Wanna be in a Brad Pitt movie?
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Wanna be in a Brad Pitt movie?
By STEVE TILLEY, EDMONTON SUN
Anybody want to be in a movie with Brad Pitt?
When you put it like that, you can see why the company in charge of casting extras for The Assassination of Jesse James is expecting an onslaught of silver-screen hopefuls when they hold an open application process this Sunday in Edmonton.
Starring Brad Pitt as the legendary outlaw, The Assassination of Jesse James begins shooting Aug. 29 and will visit locations in and around Edmonton and Calgary. The shoot wraps up at the end of November.
Hundreds of extras will be required to populate the film's locations, ranging from downtown Kansas City to frontier settlements in Colorado, circa the late 1800s.
"We get a wide range of people," said Louise Mackiewicz. Her Calgary-based company, the Casting Line, is holding drop-in applications all day Sunday at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway.
"Everything from unemployed people looking for a job to retired people interested in extra work," Mackiewicz said yesterday. "We get people from all walks of life."
Mackiewicz's company is looking for men and women of all ages who could convincingly pass for people living a hardscrabble life in the Wild West between 1875 and 1890.
Facial hair on men is a big plus, as is long hair on women that can be braided or rolled up, since short hairstyles were not the norm for women back then. An overall "weathered" look is what they're after, said Mackiewicz.
Interested hopefuls are invited to drop in between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. to fill out an application, be measured and photographed. Those chosen to take part will be contacted closer to the film's start date.
Work as an extra pays $9 an hour, with time-and-a-half after 8 p.m. Meals are typically also included. Chances are extras will only be called upon to appear in a specific scene, along with anywhere from 20 to 300 or more other extras.
"You are a Kansas resident or you are a Colorado resident, so we don't want to see you in both towns," said Mackiewicz, whose company also cast extras for the Calgary-based shoots of the western-themed Open Range and Shanghai Knights.
The drop-in application session will run from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. this Sunday at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway, in the main ballroom. A separate Calgary casting call will be held Aug. 21.
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I think some of you would fit in in the wild west...some of you even look rough enough to be a part of Jesse James' gang
Wanna be in a Brad Pitt movie?
By STEVE TILLEY, EDMONTON SUN
Anybody want to be in a movie with Brad Pitt?
When you put it like that, you can see why the company in charge of casting extras for The Assassination of Jesse James is expecting an onslaught of silver-screen hopefuls when they hold an open application process this Sunday in Edmonton.
Starring Brad Pitt as the legendary outlaw, The Assassination of Jesse James begins shooting Aug. 29 and will visit locations in and around Edmonton and Calgary. The shoot wraps up at the end of November.
Hundreds of extras will be required to populate the film's locations, ranging from downtown Kansas City to frontier settlements in Colorado, circa the late 1800s.
"We get a wide range of people," said Louise Mackiewicz. Her Calgary-based company, the Casting Line, is holding drop-in applications all day Sunday at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway.
"Everything from unemployed people looking for a job to retired people interested in extra work," Mackiewicz said yesterday. "We get people from all walks of life."
Mackiewicz's company is looking for men and women of all ages who could convincingly pass for people living a hardscrabble life in the Wild West between 1875 and 1890.
Facial hair on men is a big plus, as is long hair on women that can be braided or rolled up, since short hairstyles were not the norm for women back then. An overall "weathered" look is what they're after, said Mackiewicz.
Interested hopefuls are invited to drop in between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. to fill out an application, be measured and photographed. Those chosen to take part will be contacted closer to the film's start date.
Work as an extra pays $9 an hour, with time-and-a-half after 8 p.m. Meals are typically also included. Chances are extras will only be called upon to appear in a specific scene, along with anywhere from 20 to 300 or more other extras.
"You are a Kansas resident or you are a Colorado resident, so we don't want to see you in both towns," said Mackiewicz, whose company also cast extras for the Calgary-based shoots of the western-themed Open Range and Shanghai Knights.
The drop-in application session will run from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. this Sunday at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway, in the main ballroom. A separate Calgary casting call will be held Aug. 21.
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I think some of you would fit in in the wild west...some of you even look rough enough to be a part of Jesse James' gang
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