CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION – 23RD MARCH 2016
Written by Tracey Malone & Kate Ashfield.
Born to Kill is a 4 part thriller about a 15 year old boy called SAM whose fallen in love with a new girl at school CHRISSY But Sam is hiding something…..psychopathic urges. This series will have its audience on the edge of their seats, and question how we can like someone so much when we know what he is capable of.
PRODUCTION CO: WORLD PRODUCTIONS FOR CHANNEL 4
EXEC PRODUCER : JAKE LUSHINGTON
DIRECTOR: BRUCE GOODISON
PRODUCER : NICK PITT
SHOOTING LOCATION : CARDIFF
NEW OVERALL SHOOT DATES : 4th June – 14th August 2016
CASTING DETAILS– The majority of first round auditions, workshops and all the recalls will be in London, but we will also be coming to other cities including Cardiff, Nottingham and Manchester.
Please email recent photo (just one) and a CV if you have one to office@danieledwardscasting.com. If you are under 18 please include a parent or guardians contact details . Please put BTK and the name of the role you would like to be considered for in the subject box
NO PHONE CALLS TO THE OFFICE AT THIS STAGE PLEASE
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOURSELF IF YOU HAVE AN AGENT , they must do that and you will give us extra work if we have to cross reference submissions from both sources. Please do not chase your submission we promise we will read all emails and be in touch to organise an audition if we feel you are right for one of the roles. We will keep all submissions for potential future projects so please do not be disheartened if we do not contact you for this particular project.
WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL ETHNICITIES FOR THIS ROLE
IMPORTANT - you MUST be able to play 15 years old on screen. Sam and Chrissy are mature in many ways but are still at school, they must not look or feel like adults playing kids.
WE WILL REQUIRE OPTIONS ON THIS ROLE – this means there could possibly be a 2nd or even 3rd series and we need to know you would be available again the following year, over a similar period of the year.
EDUCATION/EXAMS– If you have important exams over our new shoot period, we MIGHT be able to work around them if there are no more than 3 (absolute Max) from the 6th June Your study and revision schedule must be taken into account, this is a huge role and we do not want anyone with pivotal exams to spread themselves too thinly. Please discuss with your parents/ guardians first before submitting yourself.
SAM - LEAD ROLE – ALL 4 EPISODES
Character age 15 (MUST BE OVER LICENCING AGE – 16 PLUS ONLY )
That boy at school you wish you could be or hoped would be your friend. Athletic (keen swimmer) attractive ,flirtatious cool, confident intelligent and popular. He may be a bit cocky at school but very loving and caring with his mum JENNY and all the old people at the hospital where she works. Underneath his shiny exterior, lies a mind about to break, consumed with the desire to kill.
We are looking for an exceptional and confident young actor who can shine in this incredible lead role.
MUST BE CONFIDENT IN WATER – THIS CHARACTER SWIMS & DIVES
ACCENT: We would ideally like a neutral accent (the location of the story is non specific despite shooting in Cardiff) if you have a strong regional accent that’s absolutely fine, but you must be able to soften it we needed you to.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION – 23RD MARCH 2016