CASTING CALL – ‘A MUTUAL SHAVE’ THRILLER SHORT FILM

Description

LOGLINE
When self-serving charmer Rick returns home late, his lying puts him at the mercy of his fixated wife Lucy, whose razor inches closer to his throat as she reveals she knows the truth

LOOKING FOR:
Two leads

ROLE
Rick
Male actor
Late 20s–early 30s
Clean-shaven / willing to shave
Outgoing, charming, and effortlessly magnetic, Rick is naturally the centre of any room. Confident and passionate, he appears full of life and opinions, but beneath the charm is someone hollow and reliant on external validation. He uses people for as long as they serve a purpose, with his wife now becoming the latest person he’s begun to move on from

Lucy
Female actor
Mid-to-late 20s
Reserved, introspective, and quietly intense, Lucy looks to those who seem certain to give her direction. Her admiration quickly becomes fixation, attaching herself deeply to those who give her a sense of worth. When the person she has built herself around isn't who she believed, something more volatile begins to emerge

SHOOT DATE(S)
TBC - Early November
One-day shoot

LOCATION
Brixton, London

COMPENSATION
Expenses only