Production Prep: Casting

After a very long time of avoiding using Casting Call Pro to get my actors, instead opting to use known associates, I realised that perhaps this wasn't the way to carry this situation out. Many of the people that I'd chosen to play the key characters in my project either dropped out at the last minute because of other activities and some others were originally scheduled to do other things.

After getting in touch with local theatre companies and having no avail until much later in time, I was lucky enough to acquire my first actor while helping another student on their own film shoot.

The person I chose to play Bond is Darren Hammock. He was portraying Scottie in my fellow student's interpretation of the film 'Vertigo'. he was wearing a black suit an bowler hat and this immediately led me to asking him if he would play Bond after watching a small part of his performance. Darren Hammock is just the right build and looks mature enough to portray the role of Bond and extra research on his works determined that he had a good on-screen presence. He is also in the suitable age group to play Bond.

After eventually giving in to using Casting Call Pro, I immediately got several responses and eventually chose who would play the lead female role. The Actress's name is Colette Redgrave. She is a professional in the industries of acting and theatre work. I chose Colette to play Kara because she seemed to be a good match to the original actress in the film. She has a youthful look while also having a sense of maturity. Her acting capabilities, as to be expected from a professional, appear to be of a very high standard also.

Other roles, such as the man who takes Kara off of the bus and the cleaner in the toilets, are being portrayed by people who actually work in the Bus depot where most of my scenes will take take place. These roles only require one or two lines at maximum so I didn't try to hire any proper actors for these roles. I am confident about putting these people in these roles and they are all age appropriate.