Feature film casting babies - and strippers - in Cleveland: How to apply

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• ATACdawg

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  8 years ago

  Heck, they'll be lucky to find babies or cars without tattoos in The Mistake on the Lake,, let alone strippers! ;-)
  
  (I know, cheap shot. My only defense is that I lived in Pittsburgh for 23 years.....)
• Dominic77

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  8 years ago

  No, it's true. Some 50% or so of Millennials in certain places have tattoos, not just strippers. So I wouldn't be surprised to see inked up babies to be honest. (Sarcasm).
  
  Full disclosure. I'm in Cleveland.
• NinaBambina

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  8 years ago

  I'll pass. $300 is less than my residual checks were for the role I was cast in, AFTER my agent took his 15%, and there was no nudity. My contract was around $900/day. Only two days of filming for me. I was a "principal actor" though, or at least that's what the SAG-AFTRA union called it when they sent me a letter inviting me to join, which I did not. I kept the letter however, still on my fridge years later lol. It was a pretty small role, though. I had only a few lines. But they did give me my own trailer with a white robe in it. It wasn't as big as the more important actors' trailers of course, but I thought it was cool.
• zef8mich

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  8 years ago

  They refer to the "Untitled Detroit City Project' which is a little confusing since there's a film about the 1967 race riot coming out this year that's being referred to as the Untitled Detroit Project.
  
  http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment…
  
  Could be the same since the time frame of the movie is 1960 to 1985
• zef8mich

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  8 years ago

  Doesn't seem to be any connection between the two movies?
• shailynn

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  8 years ago

  Juice will only request $100 if he can be a stand in and also be nude.
  
  Lil Fishsticks will be a stand in as long as they don't need him before 4PM. He has Dungeons and Dragons club meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
• jackslash

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  8 years ago

  I would have to pay them $300 to appear nude in the film.
• rockstar666

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  8 years ago

  Nina, I thought you had to join SAG-AFTRA if you have spoken lines...apparently not!
• NinaBambina

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  8 years ago

  Rockstar666 Lol no you definitely don't have to join, it comes with a 3K initiation fee so forcing someone to pay money just to take a speaking role would be ridiculous.
  
  I was surprised to get the letter because I thought you had to be a member of one of the smaller actors unions before getting into SAG-AFTRA. But the letter literally says, "due to your role as a principal actor..." and then comes the invitation. Pretty cool, but I think of the SAG union as something more for people who are serious/career actors, which I am not. In fact, after that experience I decided I didn't want to do any acting for any major productions ever again. I haven't tried since. That shit was super stressful for me, I am not cut out to be an actress. I respect the profession more now because WOW, what a crazy, high stress environment.
• Jascoi

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  8 years ago

  i'll cut a deal with them. if i can bbfs bbbj daty a HOT stripper on the set... just give me 10% of the profits.
• skibum609

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  8 years ago

  A lot of part-time actors and actresses join Sag for access to decent, inexpensive, union medical insurance.