***PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE THOROUGHLY BEFORE SUBMITTING. THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW***
PROJECT: UNDERGROUND TV SERIES
DIRECTOR: ANTHONY HEMINGWAY (Treme)
WRITERS: MISHA GREEN & JOE POKASKI (Heroes)
STARRING: JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL (True Blood, Friday Night Lights) CHRISTOPHER MELONI (Law & Order: SVU) and ALDIS HODGE (Leverage)
FILMING DATES: 4/13/2015 – TBD
SHOOTING LOCATIONS: VACHERIE, BATON ROUGE, and ST. FRANCISVILLE
STORY LINE: Underground follows a group of slaves who plan a daring escape from a Georgia plantation to cross 600 miles to freedom, aided along the way by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad, as they evade those tasked with bringing them back, dead or alive.
SUBMISSION NOTE: We will be asking our Background Actors to stop all grooming from now until the shoot so we do ask you consider this commitment prior to submitting … please note if you cannot make such commitments.
PLEASE NOTE**
We will have strict hair guidelines and costume sizes. We will only be able to cast women with NATURAL HAIR, no modern cuts or fresh hair cuts and no dye. Men should grow out hair and facial hair.
**If you are not contacted immediately, that does not mean you will not be considered for the show. We will be booking as we film so please continue to follow grooming directions.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION: Please email us your submission at undergroundrailroadcasting@gmail.com
INCLUDE IN SUBMISSION:
Name, Age, Contact #, Email, Current City of Residency, Height/Weight
TWO Current Pictures like the example attached: one headshot, one body shot. No hats, no sunglasses, no selfies/mirror pics. Please stand in front of a solid wall and stare into the camera. DO NOT SMILE and please DO NOT wear makeup.
Please note any tattoos and piercings
Please note any modern dental work such as metal braces or gold teeth
Please note any reenacting experience
Please note any Horse Riding experience