How did you go about finding your actors?

[jpbankesmercer]

1 - Wife
2 - From - Talent agency
1- Worked with on my first project
1 - Lead singer from a band I did a video for
4 Calling birds...and a...

[Matt Sconce]

How many auditioners were there?

We had about 15 for the friend's role of Jenny, and less than that for all the other roles. I cast Sarah, the lead, at a local pub. I knew she could act and she had the look I wanted so I had her come audition.

[JoshuaNitschke]

Dad and the writer / partner.

[Mark Harris]

I had several actresses hand-picked to audition from a local college. They were all recent grads - read: eager to work for free. But also, Nina picked them, and she is a theater director and knew how to pick people who could act.

Godfrey plays the step-father. He's been an actor in NYC for about 20 yrs and is one of my oldest friends. He also played Chocolate Jackson in Man-Hole IV. The mother is his girlfriend, also an actor in the city.

[Future user]

Used real EMS and Fire folk. The lead had worked with the producer before. Supporting cast were people I know. Then someone had the dim idea of putting me in it. First and last time.

[Darkline]

my actor was my film buddy Mark. Although he may not be an actor he put up with about 20 hours ina stinking damp basement and being dragged around and throwing himself into the floor countless times till was past bedtime....

what REAL actor would do that? :-)

thanks mark

[Norm Sanders]

Met ours at the gym. Took a little convincing for her to wear the boyshorts & night wear we had her in.

[Gauranga]

A girl that normally PA's for me. She didn't even know she would be acting until she got to the location. She initially refused then we talked her into it.

[luster]

The lead in The Morning After is my girlfriend/creative partner.
I got the other girls from the local community college. I had planned on dropping in on an acting class and doing some recruiting, but I ended up running into group of girls leaving a play rehearsal, so I just got them to do it. I lucked out because they were experienced, and the class I was going to drop in on was just a beginning acting class.

[Beat Takeshi]

I beat my kids into submission and make them work for free.