Attention Newsrevue Alums! CASTING CALL! Wanted talented comedy actors with flawless American accents. Details below. Erin x Please email aquickfortune@gmail if youd like to apply! SUMMARY A Quick Fortune is an American screwball comedy web series about an heiress, Kate and a pauper, Archie, scheming to win back her lost family fortune through a series of madcap adventures in five bite-size webisodes. Following in the footsteps of classic screwball, A Quick Fortune brims with zany adventures, outrageous storylines, breakneck dialogue, dizzy dames, hapless heroes and flamboyant physical comedy. A Quick Fortune is set in an American East Coast in 1940 and will be shot in black and white. We are a small but well-oiled team with high production values, buckets of passion and a proven track record including: director Abbie Lucas of Creation Company (creationcompany.tv) and Concorde Theatre (concordetheatre), producers Paul DuBois of Apropos Productions (aproposltd) and Haydn Pryce-Jenkins (boxfly.co.uk), script editor Brona C Titley (bronactitley) 2013 winner of the BAFTA Rocliffe Award for comedy and co-creators Erin Hunter (erinhunter.co.uk) and James Gavigan (jamesgaviganonline.blogspot.co.uk/). This project has enormous potential to make a real splash as theres nothing like it online. Sadly, we are only in a position to pay travel expenses, provide food, a copy of the episodes. But we guarantee it will be good fun to shoot and will provide great showreel material. Links: A Quick Fortune Christmas Teaser: youtu.be/IAIjJkR4aUQ A Quick Fortune Indiegogo campaign & trailer:indiegogo/projects/a-quick-fortune facebook/AQuickFortune facebook/AQuickFortune twitter/AQuickFortune Production dates: 18-21 April. Each actor will only be needed for 1 day maximum Location: Swiss Cottage, London Director: Abbie Lucas Producers: Paul DuBois, Apropos Productions and Haydn Pryce-Jenkins, Box Fly Media Casting details: from Thursday 3 April MRS. DUPONT (female, 35-50) Supporting role in Episode 1. Mrs. DuPont is Kate and Archie’s nosey neighbor who discovers them making a mess of the apartment building. She is a privileged, confident and brash woman. In this scene, Mrs DuPont smokes a cigarette. Required for ½ day shoot. Genuine or flawless American accent required. 1940s Mid-Atlantic accent preferred. Reference for accent: Katharine Hepburn. Appearance: Caucasian Character reference: Jennifer Coolidge in Best in Show and American Pie. Payment: Travel expenses within London, food and copy of material. AUNT GWENDOLYN (female, 50- 100) Guest lead in episode 2. Gwendolyn is Kate’s aunt: from upper class stock, a cantankerous, formidable woman who is also blind. In this episode, Kate and Archie butter her up to try to get her to give them a rare painting. The focal point of the comedy is her blindness. We need an experienced comedic character actress able to endow this comic villain with striking physicality and to bring to life the ‘airs and graces’ of old money. Required for a 1-day shoot. Appearance: Caucasian Character reference: Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey, Bette Davis, Glenn Close, Anjelica Huston Genuine or flawless American accent: 1940s Mid-Atlantic accent preferred (Reference: Katharine Hepburn). Or heightened RP. Payment: Travel expenses within London, food and copy of material. BETTY (female, 20-35) Supporting role in episode 3. Betty is Archie’s sassy, confidant sister and still very competitive with him. She enters a radio jingle contest and beats Kate & Archie to the cash prize. We need a strong comedy actress with an excellent singing voice and the ability to sing in close harmony. Required for ½ day shoot. Appearance: Caucasian Character reference: Paloma Faith, Zooey Deschanel Genuine or flawless American accent required. 1940s Mid-Atlantic accent preferred Reference for accent: Katharine Hepburn. Payment: Travel expenses within London, food and copy of material. EUGENE (male, 45-55) Supporting role in episode 4. Eugene is a nervous, fragile, old-fashioned gentleman who comes to have his fortune told by Archie. We are looking for an experienced, comedic character actor able to endow this character with strong physicality. Character reference: Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot, Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor and Rick Moranis in Ghostbusters. Appearance: Caucasian Genuine or flawless American accent required. 1940s Mid-Atlantic accent preferred. Payment: Travel expenses within London, food and copy of material. 2 SINGERS (female, 20-40) Cameo role in episode 3. We need two singers to support ‘Betty’ in singing a radio jingle in close harmony. Acting experience a plus! Required for 2-3 hour shoot. Appearance: Any Must be able to sing with a flawless American accent. References: The Andrew Sisters, The Puppini Sisters Payment: Travel expenses within London, food and copy of material.
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