The “Million Dollar Quartet” project shooting in Memphis is seeking extras. The CMT Television series is a client of the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.
Shoot dates: Filming will take place between 4/4/16 and 7/7/16 — extras could work anywhere from 1-15 days during this time period.
Compensation: NON-UNION — $64 for 8 hours ($8/hour) plus overtime after 8 hours. Work days are generally 12 hours long (sometimes less, sometimes more). Meals provided.
SEEKING the FOLLOWING TYPES as well as General Extras (all ages, all types):
- Actors to portray African American men, women and children
- High school cheerleaders (or over 18 to look younger cheerleader types)
- Rollerskaters
- Church parishioners
- Musicians
- High school basketball players (or over 18 to look younger basketball player types)
- Honky tonk patrons
- Teachers
- Bar and restaurant patrons
- Families
- Men and women with natural hair color (no dyes) and no tattoos or piercings
- High school students (or over 18 to look younger high school types)
- Townspeople
— and many other types. Seeking ALL AGES, ALL TYPES for a wide variety of everyday scenes
Overall Talent Considerations: NO professional acting experience required!
HOW TO SIGN UP for consideration:
The extras casting office is registering new talent via its website for this project. Simply go to www.onlocationcasting.net and complete a FREE Talent Application. (DO NOT pay for the suggested account upgrades). You will need to upload 1-2 recent color photos of yourself. And again - IGNORE the requests to pay for an 'active' account - it is NOT required to work with the casting office on this project.
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YOU MAY EMAIL: onlocationcasting1@gmail.com with the subject line MDQ EXTRA. Please include your first and last name, a contact number, height, weight, age, city you live in and (2) recent photos taken within the past (2) months. Have (1) closeup photo of your face and (1) full body shot.
If you have any questions, please CALL 800-241-0076 (although email is the preferred method of communication)
Feel free to also visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/onlocationcasting and "like" the page as the casting office will be posting regularly about casting needs.