I have now picked the cast for our film and I'm very happy with the overall choices. Here is a little more information about who will be starring in 'I Pull The Strings'!
ACTOR PROFILES
BETHANY HUTSON
Name: Amy Floyd
Location: East Sussex
Height: 5’11
Hair Colour: Chestnut brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Amy Floyd from East Sussex and is a new and upcoming
actress. With only a few years experience, it is amazing how talented Amy is.
Amy’s experience mainly is involv
Amy originally didn’t fit some of Bethany’s characteristics;
I wanted a shorter girl who had darker brown hair. Nevertheless, in Amy’s
audition she proved she could portray Bethany just as well. Amy was able to
portray the different sides of Bethany perfectly. From her sweet, shy side, to
her anxious and paranoid side towards the end of the film. In scenes which are
full of crying and shouting, Amy really got into the role, she didn’t just
shout the words, but the emotions came through in Amy’s acting, which was very
believable. Amy worked very well with the director and was able to use minimal
props to still build the vision and picture of the scene that was being acted
out. In the improvisation scene, we wanted to see how Amy would act as Bethany
in a scenario where she would be late for work, and is in a queue with a very
rude customer. Amy portrayed Bethany as very, shy and polite, and didn’t
confront the man very much, which is what we wanted. We asked her to do it
again, this time as the character Bethany after she has begun to be anxious and
on edge. This time, it was very different and Amy showed the development of
Bethany’s character and how she now would speak up more. This was a very
important part of Bethany’s character, I want to show the progression of her
through the film and how she has begun to spin out of control. Amy is
definitely a great choice and has already showed a promising start in the
production with her dedication and success in the film teaser.
GEORGE YOUNG
Name: Joseph Kane
Location: London
Height: 6’’
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Green
Joseph Kane is a young actor from London. He has had
experience in short films and student productions and can perform a variety of
accents from Northern Irish to Cockney. Although Joseph is also quite a new
actor, he has played lead roles in most of his productions.
Joseph Kane was a very interesting choice in the casting
process, just like Amy, orig
inally from Casting Call; I didn’t feel he fit
George’s requirements. George is quite a chilled out man, who does have a short
fuse but without a doubt loves Bethany with all his heart. It was quite hard to
find the right actor for George, as a lot of actors would just shout the words
in scenes where George was angry, and not necessarily show and feel the
emotions. Joseph, however, was quite different. He portrayed George in a way
that showed how frustrated he was with Bethany, yet still deeply cared for her
and didn’t want to get too frustrated. Joseph is a very natural actor and the
words and emotions came out very easily. Joseph not only spoke the words of
George right, but he used his body language to really show how George acts and
it fit very well. In an improvisation scene to see if Joseph knew the character
fully, he acted just how we pictured George. He played George as a very polite,
chilled man, however, who after a while of being impatient, began to speak up
more and show that he is quick to anger. Overall, I am very happy and impressed
with Joseph and in person he does fit the character of George very well.
FRANCIS DELAGARZA
Name: Costa Chard
Location: North Somerset
Height: 6’’
Hair Colour: Dark brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Agency
Name: Martha Philbey Management
Contact number: 07949155616
Costa Chard is based in North Somerset and has over 12 years
acting experience. He studied Acting at the Arts Educational School in London
and has a variety of experience in theatre
shows, short films and student
films. Costa can perform a variety of accents from American (NY) and English
Southern.
Many applicants didn’t give justice to the character of
Francis and portrayed him very, very wrong, which is frustrating. Costa
originally took my interest as he had the right look, which included dark hair
and features, tall, and slim, he also had a mysterious look about him, which
intrigued me. The next step was seeing how he portrayed his personality and
acting. In anticipation we met Costa for an audition, and was pleasantly
surprised. As a person, he is very
friendly, but when acting out as Francis is was very charming, sophisticated
and mysterious. He acted very well spoken and gave the facial expressions we
wanted to see when Francis is in conversations with people acting ‘nice and
normal’. When seeing him frustrated at Bethany, he played it well also; he
showed the darker side to Francis but didn’t make it obvious that he was irritated.
We also asked to see him in the end scene where he is crazy, and he portrayed
it perfectly. He also didn’t just ‘shout’ the lines but made it believable to
us that he was the character. He showed passion for Francis’ character and
showed us a variety of sides to him, which was amazing! We are definitely lucky
to have Costa on the team and he is definitely a great attribute to the team.
DANIEL MCCARTHER
Name: Doug Cooper
Location: London
Height: 5’6
Hair Colour: Grey
Eye Colour: Brown
Agency
Name: E. L. S Artist Management
Contact number: 07801541396
Website: www.elsartistmanagement.co.uk
Doug is a London based actor and has over 20 years
experience, which includes involvement in a variety of Theatre productions and
films. He can perform a range of accents and studied Acting at the National
Youth Theatre for 3 years.
Casting
When casting Daniels character, I wanted someone who was in
their mid 50’s and had grey hair. I was looking for someone who could portray a
professional stern man when needed, yet still be a kind and lovable character. Through
the audition Doug took direction extremely well and very naturally fell into
the role. He grasped Daniel’s character and brought him to life, portraying a
very likeable character by adapting the words and putting a kind voice behind
them.
Doug was easily able to re-do lines to the directors liking
and showed that he could change the style of his acting to fit Daniels
character. When thinking about Daniel’s character, I want him to be the type of
man that is so passionate about what he does that he sometimes is oblivious to
things around him. For example, the scene where Bethany confronts Daniel, she’s
shouting at him, but he is so astounded and taken back by the photographs of
her that he isn’t really concentrating on Bethany. Doug performed this just as
how we pictured it, which worked really well. I wanted Daniel to act suspicious
but in reality, be a really nice down to earth man. Doug played this very well
as in the scene where he is looking at the photographs, Doug plays him to be
very strange and distracted, but afterwards to show that he genuinely is a nice
man. To really see if Doug knew Daniels character, we gave him an improvisation
scene, and wanted him to respond as Daniel would – which he did absolutely
fantastically. Doug really dived into the role and fully understood the
different dimensions to him.
LUCY TAILOR
Name: Stephanie Marie DeWards
Location: London
Height: 5’6
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Stephanie DeWards is a London based actor with many years of
experience in short films, theatre plays and a few commercials. Stephanie can
perform a variety of accents from Welsh,
Stephanie is a very confident actress and the role of Lucy
stuck with her quite quickly. Lucy is a very confident and business-type women
who knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to speak up when needed. She often
comes across as self centered and rude, but underneath she does have a soft
spot, which we see towards the end of the film. Stephanie portrayed Lucy at the
dinner scene just as we wanted. I wanted Lucy’s character to be very loud and
obnoxious and be swaying her wine around whilst not really caring too much
about the people around her. Stephanie did exactly this, and showed she knew
Lucy’s character with the clothes she wore to the audition. Stephanie used a
mixture of facial expressions to bring Lucy’s character alive and make her feel
like she was the centre of attention. Stephanie was very helpful when it came
to direction and changing certain things – although not much needed to be
changed. The bitchy side to Lucy was also portrayed very well, I didn’t want
Lucy to be a nasty character, just have a certain way of acting and talking
that could be seen as not likeable to the audience. Overall, Stephanie did a
great job and is fit all the requirements of Lucy, which I am very, very happy
with.
JAMES TAILOR
Name: Julian Gamm
Location: London
Height: 5’7
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Green
Julian is an experienced actor in London that recently
graduated from studying Acting for TV, Film and Radio at Filming Acting and
Coaching Training. He has a great deal of experience in a lot of short films
and feature films. He can perform accents such as French, Australian and
American.
After previously working with Julian on another short film,
I knew he would defi
nitely be a great attribute to our film. I immediately
thought to cast him as James and after auditioning him; I knew it was a great
fit. James’ character is very typical man’s man. He is chilled out and works in
a bank, married to Lucy. I wanted someone who was mid 30’s that had dark
features and was quite stocky that would look well in a suit. Julian previously
played a similar role in our directors film ‘Painful Regret’. He takes
direction extremely well and is very adaptable in terms of his hair and beard.
Julian worked very well in the audition and although only a small role, fit the
role of James quickly. He portrayed James as a very carefree man but performed
it very naturally. Overall, I am happy with the casting of Julian, as I know he
is a very good actor who will help lift the films dynamics.
JULIE HUTSON
Name: Thea Balich
Location: London
Height: 5’3
Hair Colour: Red
Eye Colour: Brown
Thea Balich is an extremely experienced and talented actress
from London
. She studied Acting at The Poor School and has been in a variety of
TV shows and worked with Nickelodeon as a TV host. Thea has over 20 years of
experience in working on theatre productions and short films. Thea can perform
a variety of accents from Yorkshire to Southern American.
Thea is a very energetic person who is generally very
friendly and a genuine person. However, when auditioning for Julie she
portrayed a very stern character when dismissing Francis, which is what we
wanted. She could portray Julie as being very free willed and friendly, but
also knows when enough is enough, which was great when she finally put Francis
in his place. Thea is a very bubbly person that brings so much life to the
character and production and we are very lucky to have her as part of the team!
BETHANY HUTSON (CHILD)
Name: Saoirse Addison
Location: London
Height: 4’0
Hair Colour: Strawberry blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Saoirse is a London based actress. She is an extremely
talented y
Casting the young version of Bethany was a very important
part of the film, I wanted to show her connection with Francis and how she is
extremely passionate about what she does yet still likes to have fun with it!
Saoirse is takes direction extremely well and when auditioning her, she always
wanted feedback and direction from our director. At just 7, she is very
confident in what she does and portrayed Bethany in a very cute and delicate
manner. Saoirse is very passionate and brings energy to the team!
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