actors- choosing cast

CHOOSING THE CAST

As a group we were going through people we could potentially cast to be in our thriller. For the female we wanted someone who looked very feminine but also particularly fierce. When debating who to ask we thought of Grace and immediately found that she fit the role of what we were looking for. We then quickly moved on to emailing her and talking her through in person about what the role would entail.

            When talking to Grace we explained how she would be a very dominant and powerful female while still having a feminine side to her; wearing heels, makeup etc. She was excited by the idea and was on board immediately. We described that there would be no dialogue throughout which Grace was fine with and we explained in detail how there would be a fight scene and, at this point we were unsure as to who it was she would be fighting but we described the fight scene we had planned, and how at the very end she would be breaking his arm and Grace responded positively towards this.

            We then moved on to casting the male character within our thriller. This we found a lot more difficult as we needed somebody who looked older than a student and was bigger than your average student. However, our options were fairly limited, being in a sixth form college. We found Ollie and spoke to him about it briefly to which he responded positively also. Ollie is not necessarily bigger than your average student, however when in costume we feel as though he will look the part as his face is fairly mature.

            We then sat Ollie down and talked him through the whole process also, and explained in detail how he would be in a fight with Grace, which he would lose. Ollie seemed fairly enthusiastic and was excited by the idea of empowering Grace within the thriller sequence.

Grace - (picture)

Ollie - (picture)