Casting Call in Suffolk

Excerpt from Casting VA website:

The casting call will be held Monday March 30th at 5pm at the HILTON GARDEN INN in Suffolk, VA --



Address : 100 East Constance Rd. Suffolk, VA 23434



Please be aware the shoot dates will be April 9th - 12th, so you may have to shoot one of those days depending on the schedule. Shooting locally in Suffolk, Va and surrounding areas.


Basically feel we're going for... everyone is very run down and poor, adults are 'tired looking' and mostly alcoholic... the kids are the type to get muddy on the farm, barefoot, etc.
All from a country, farming town.


Here's the list of characters we are casting:


Two sisters, ages 10-13. They will be sitting at the dinner table listening to the mom talk. One line each “Amen”.


Boy, aged 6-10. Also sitting at the dinner table listening to mom talk. One line- “Amen”.


Young Herbert -aged 14-18. This is the type of young man who’s grown up on a farm and knows how to handle animals. He is introverted and brooding. 5 scenes. (In real life they'd like someone who is not afraid of animals because this person will be around goats, also someone who isn't very shy.


Mom – early 40’s, worn down and drunk. Backwoods type. 3 scenes


Dad – early 40s, drunk, loud, redneck. 4 scenes


Daughter – this is a 3 year old girl that can fit into a safety seat in a car.


Son – aged 5-9. Dark blond hair. Has 2 lines.


Wife of 40 yo Herbert – mid 30’s, she’s a smart alleck, fed up with her husband. One scene.


Girl Victim – aged 17-20. (Miss Peanut type)



My comments:

I read this and thought I could play the mom and Jay could play the dad and Travis could be Young Herbert. And Megan is 20, but what does Miss Peanut type mean? My first thought was "shaped like a peanut" but I don't think short, round, with a slight hint of a waist is what they meant. I began to think about the pageant at the Peanut Fest. Tall, willowy, long BLONDE hair. Here is a 2008 Miss Peanut in Alabama.

2007 Winner

2006 Winner

2005 Winner She is on page eight.

I thought "Miss Peanut" type was a vague description, but apparently not. Sorry, Megan. They are not looking for curly-haired brunettes.

2010 Update: All my links are broken. Sorry about that. Suffice it to say, at the time all the links reflected tall, thin, blonde, young women.