Open casting for film looks to spark interest
BUDDING actors could get their first break on the big screen at an open casting call for an independent superhero movie set to start rolling in Edinburgh.
The producers of Electric Man are casting for six main roles, and have thrown the doors open to anyone with or without acting experience.
Edinburgh-based filmmakers Dugbus hope to emulate the success of Precious, an independent film that took Brooklyn unknown Gabourey Sidibe from an open casting call to Oscar-nominated stardom.
Electric Man will be filmed in and around Edinburgh in early summer, with the aim of getting a world premier at either the Edinburgh Film Festival 2011 or Sundance 2011.
The film follows the story of two twentysomething misfits who stumble upon the rarest comic in the world –Electric Man Issue One – and find themselves pursued by a Glaswegian heavy, an unhinged American collector, and a mysterious woman before bumping into Electric Man himself.
The open casting call takes place at The Braid Rooms at The Pleasance tomorrow from 10am-4pm.
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