AUDITIONS
Ellie arranged the auditions. On the day we had three pairs of people to audition. Ellie thought it'd be a good idea to audition male and female pairs as Bobbie & Clive together, which I think was a good idea as we could begin to establish relationships between the cast early on.
Ellie created adverts on mandy.com and our three pairs were:
Sophie & Nik
Sophie & Nik were our two favourites from when they first applied. We liked their showreels and looks wise they fit our characters. We started their audition by giving them an introduction to the film and their characters. Once all of that was out of the way, we got them to read through the entire script. Normally you would choose a few scenes but as our script is quite short, we asked them to do the whole thing.
Once they had run through it a couple of times, we asked them to act them out how they felt they should be. I wanted to understand how they saw the script, instead of me telling them how I want them to see it. I wanted to test to see if they had fully grasped our vision.
Our final step was an improv session. We wanted to test their acting ability, and find out if they were naturally funny. I gave them the situation 'you are trapped in a lift... what happens next'. We asked them to act out a scene with no preparation.
Feedback for Sophie & Nik included:
- Good. Funny.
- Nice chemistry between the two.
- Nik maybe playing the character too slapstick.
- Sophie maybe playing the character too confrontational.
- Improv was very good from both of them.
Overall they were very good and before we had even seen anyone else we were very happy to choose them as our cast, but we had to give everyone else a chance.
Corinne & Craig
We asked Corinne & Craig to do the same as above. Feedback for them included:
- Corinne maybe above our desired age range, but good actress.
- Craig funny, but maybe plays the character too dumb and childish.
- Very funny people, worked well together.
- Both from the same place which is a bonus.
- Craig could play Frank the security guard.
Overall they were good, but not what we were looking for, however we do think Craig could play Frank the security guard if he is up for it.
Andrew & Anca
As with all of the auditions, we followed the same process. Andrew & Anca are good friends so their chemistry was already very developed.
Their feedback was as follows:
- Anca has a very strong accent which honestly is maybe a bit off-putting, and we feel doesn't feel the character.
- Andrew was maybe playing the character too loved up and not nervous enough.
- Both good actors.
- Chemistry already very strong.
- Biggest downside is Anca can't do our proposed shoot dates.
Overall not bad, but as Anca can't do our proposed shoot dates, that pretty much ruled her out.
After reviewing the audition tapes and looking over out feedback we decided that Sophie & Nik would be best to play Bobbie & Clive. We will also ask Craig to play Frank
*UPDATE*
Sophie, Nik, and Craig have agreed to play Bobbie, Clive, and Frank.
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